by a Senior Citizen, 1969 poem by WH Auden (8)

I believe the answer is:

doggerel

(Other definitions for doggerel that I've seen before include "William McGonagall's kind of poetry?" , "not great poetry" , "Unpretentious verse" , "Bad verse - of canine beginnings?" , "Unpretentious verses" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.

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