I have read that Wendy Cope was born in 1945, which means she fits your parameters. Though I like many poets quite a lot, she and Alicia Stallings are the only two who fit that time span who pass my electic-shock test, which means that as soon as I first read their work, I felt that an electric shock had hit me, and I had to read everything they had written. (I am borrowing, of course, from Emily Dickinson's definition of poetry).
Predicting the future is foolish, and survival of popularity is chancy. So I will just say that right now I am very impressed with those two. They will have to take their chances with posterity, like everyone else.
Susan
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