[William A. Baurle]

The best thing is to just not give a damn whether your work 'survives'.

I look at it this way:

I write for God, my Maker, and if my work pleases Him (or Her), then I'm happy as a clam.

If God doesn't exist, it doesn't matter. And I don't give a damn.

(The rhyme was accidental)

Jennifer Reeser and Bill Carpenter make my list currently.

I also think Ross is probably right. The best poets have their poems in a bisquit tin or on paper towels, or they are illiterate and compose amazing poems in their brains.

The world is upside down. The first shall be last, and the last shall be first, or something like that...