I do not think it will replace the printed page—and especially not the book, which is an invention yet to be surpassed. Though I do wonder about the future of printed periodicals—I think increasingly periodicals will need a web presence to supplement their physical one.

Of course, in some ways it is easier to "publish" one's poems on the web. So there is going to be a lot of drek out there. And it will take time for certain sites to become widely recognized as having high standards, as being "prestigious" in the way print publications now are. Also, some poets may be uncomfortable with publishing in a medium that appears so ephemeral. Web publishing is still in a highly experimental stage, and it is hard to see where exactly it is headed. The web may prove better in the end for re-printing, anthologizing, and disseminating previously published work.

Indeed, ultimately I think web publications, to survive and thrive as such, will have to offer something their print counterparts can't—such as this virtual symposium. Poetry Daily is another good example. It is, as Rachel says, ancillary to the printed word. It offers a daily poem selected from print publications, so there is already a basic quality filter involved. Yet it's "dailiness" is precisely something a print publication would have difficulty reproducing.

On the other hand, I think it likely that, more and more, e-zines will want to publish occasional print anthologies of their selections, to partake of some of print's "permanence."