ignored or eclipsed

Maybe it’s not that certain poets get neglected; perhaps it’s a matter of a few poets garnering too much attention and praise.

wellings up

Poets who will never be known by a single poem, or handful of anthology pieces. Their work was too diffuse, and only welled up memorably here and there within the oeuvre.

more renown

One of those poets who thought by publishing so much, renown would follow.

known unknown

To twist Stevens’ assertion: The poet must resist celebrity almost successfully.

breakout book

A poet who believed one book would make all the difference.