My own tastes aside, two poets who have "crossed over into the popular domain" and are likely to still be there in 2045 (if that is really the category you are interested in) are Wendy Cope and Billy Collins.
If the question is "what poets born after 1945 will seem in 2045 to have the stature of someone like Auden," I would say "none." But (my own tastes aside) I imagine that Jorie Graham and Anne Carson will still have devoted readers. My third choice (which I know doesn't count) would be Kay Ryan.
I would guess that in 2045, the generation of 1945-1970 will seem just as hard to define as it does now. Perhaps it will be seen as a period with hundreds of good poets but no great ones.
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