In the process of simplifying oneself, one often discovers the thing called voice.
Until recently, I thought 'occasional poetry' meant that you wrote only occasionally.
life is a loaded gun that looks right at you with a yellow eye.
One of these days I'm-a make me a book out of you.
High School is the place where poetry goes to die.
I always think W.S. Merwin's poems will last of anyone writing today. If I had to bet on posterity I would bet Merwin. My poems could easily evaporate. So I don't know. If you find yourself as a writer thinking about posterity you should probably go out for a brisk walk or something.