Top 60 Poetry Influencers in 2025
Poetry Influencers
Here are Top 60 Poetry Influencers
1. Rupi Kaur
Bio poet & performer ****@rupikaur.comInstagram Handle @rupikaur_Instagram Followers 4.4MType MegaGender Female Get Email Contact
2. Amanda Gorman
Bio Get your copy of Girls On the Rise here! ⬇️Instagram Handle @amandascgormanInstagram Followers 3.6MType MegaGender Female Get Email Contact
3. R. M. Drake
Bio New York Times Best Selling AuthorNew Book: link belowInstagram Handle @rmdrkInstagram Followers 2.9MType MegaGender Male Get Email Contact
4. Morgan Harpernichols
Bio 🎨 Artist, PhD Student, and Creator of @thestorytellerco app, based in Georgia, USA. Welcome💛 ****@gmail.comInstagram Handle @morganharpernicholsInstagram Followers 1.9MType MegaGender Female
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5. Atticus
Bio Anonymous author of 3 x NYT BestsellersWriting poetry & sending love from the shadows XxJoin my newsletter ↓💌 ****@atticuspoetry.comInstagram Handle @atticuspoetryInstagram Followers 1.7MType MegaGender Male Get Email Contact
6. Arch Hades
Bio ****@archhades.comInstagram Handle @archhadesInstagram Followers 981.4KType MacroGender Female Get Email Contact
7. Nikita Gill
Bio I make things. Represented by Niki Chang @davidhighambooks. PREORDER HEKATE HERE:Instagram Handle @nikita_gillInstagram Followers 821.8KType MacroGender Female Get Email Contact
8. Cleo Wade
Bio New Orleans girl ⚜️ This page is mostly things I write, make, like, and care about ♥️ ****@cleowade.comInstagram Handle @cleowadeInstagram Followers 768.1KType MacroGender Female Get Email Contact
9. Beau Taplin
Bio 𝑻𝒐 𝒇𝒍𝒐𝒘𝒆𝒓𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒇𝒊𝒆𝒍𝒅𝒔 𝒐𝒇 𝒈𝒓𝒆𝒆𝒏 𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝒗𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒆𝒚𝒔 𝒍𝒆𝒂𝒅, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒘𝒐𝒏𝒅𝒆𝒓𝒔 𝒍𝒊𝒏𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒘𝒐𝒐𝒅𝒆𝒅 𝒓𝒐𝒂𝒅.𝑀𝑒𝓁𝒷𝑜𝓊𝓇𝓃𝑒, 𝒜𝓊𝓈𝑨𝒖𝒕𝒉𝒐𝒓 𝒐𝒇 𝑩𝒍𝒐𝒐𝒎 & 𝑯𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝑨𝒕 𝑫𝒂𝒘𝒏↓ 𝓋𝒾𝓈𝒾𝓉 𝓂𝓎 𝒷𝑜𝑜𝓀𝓈𝓉𝑜𝓇𝑒 ↓ ****@gmail.comInstagram Handle @beautaplinInstagram Followers 595.4KType MacroGender Male Get Email Contact
10. Lang Leav
Bio International Bestselling Author. New novel OTHERS WERE EMERALDS out now 💚💙 Link to purchase: ****@writershouse.comInstagram Handle @langleavInstagram Followers 490.9KType MacroGender Female Get Email Contact
11. Andrea Gibson
Bio Colorado Poet Laureatebook • You Better Be Lightning writings • andreagibson.substack.com ****@gmail.comInstagram Handle @andreagibsonInstagram Followers 438KType Macro Get Email Contact
12. Jacqueline Whitney
Bio You can find my books and more below. 🤍 ****@gmail.comInstagram Handle @jacquelinewhitney_Instagram Followers 337.9KType MacroGender Female Get Email Contact
13. Ocean Vuong
Bio ****@oceanvuong.comInstagram Handle @ocean_vuongInstagram Followers 343KType MacroGender Male Get Email Contact
14. Christopher Poindexter
Bio Custom poems 🖋️Now booking events - Dm or email Flower farming @wildroot_flowerco Founder @jackwildpublishing Personal @trumpetthatsangelizabeth ****@gmail.comInstagram Handle @christopherpoindexterInstagram Followers 331.4KType MacroGender Male Get Email Contact
15. Tyler Knott Gregson
Bio Autistic. Poet. Photographer. Buddhist.Husband of @ladygregson 📸 Wedding/Elopement: @chasersofthelight 💌 Subscribe to my Signal Fire essays ↓ ****@gmail.comInstagram Handle @tylerknottInstagram Followers 314.5KType MacroGender Male Get Email Contact
16. Margaret Atwood
Bio Author ****@caa.comInstagram Handle @therealmargaretatwoodInstagram Followers 305.4KType MacroGender Female Get Email Contact
17. Rudy Francisco
Bio #Belizean 🇧🇿 | #Garifuna | 📍San Diego | Author of “helium” & “I’ll fly away” | Honorary member of @cuse_nurho | purchase books in the bio | Zoey’s dad ****@gmail.comInstagram Handle @rudyfranciscoInstagram Followers 256.3KType MacroGender Male Get Email Contact
18. Yrsa Daley-Ward
Bio 🦄 My debut novel THE CATCH! is available now for preorder🔮📍LA / NYC ****@me.comInstagram Handle @yrsadaleywardInstagram Followers 192KType MacroGender Female Get Email Contact
19. Mansi Jikadara
Bio all work is protected by copyright ©️✨pls don’t copy/recreate/modify🚫🌻email for business enquiries 💌💡journaling videos 📹📚 ↓ ****@gmail.comInstagram Handle @thetypewriterdailyInstagram Followers 182.8KType MacroGender Female Get Email Contact
20. Courtney Peppernell
Bio bestselling author | A MONTH OF SUNDAYS out now! 💛 ****@pepperbooks.orgInstagram Handle @courtneypeppernellInstagram Followers 150.4KType MacroGender Female Get Email Contact
21. Hanif Abdurraqib
Bio Writer. Ohio Against The World. PhD in Sad Songs. But doing fine, really. @68to05 @objectofsound ****@beotis.comInstagram Handle @nifmuhammadInstagram Followers 142.8KType MacroGender Male
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22. Brian Bilston
Bio I write poems. ****@jounwin.co.ukInstagram Handle @brian_bilstonInstagram Followers 133.5KType MacroGender Male Get Email Contact
23. Alison A. Malee
Bio poet. author. artist. perpetual wanderer. nyc. @booksteapoetry & @aliwriteshome ∘ books and events⇣ ****@gmail.comInstagram Handle @alison.maleeInstagram Followers 123.3KType MacroGender Female Get Email Contact
24. Adam Schmalholz
Bio Emmy Nominated Poet | Multi-Platinum Songwriter I Bestselling Author | Keynote Speaker | Poetry Album, Book, Journal, Shows, Workshops & Bookings ⬇️ ****@in-q.comInstagram Handle @inqlifeInstagram Followers 116.8KType MacroGender Male Get Email Contact
25. Amanda Lovelace
Bio bestselling poetess & witchy author | 🏳️🌈 | wife of @itsparkerlee | SHE FOLLOWED THE MOON BACK TO HERSELF out now! 🦋Instagram Handle @ladybookmadInstagram Followers 115.4KType MacroGender Female Get Email Contact
26. Trista Mateer
Bio halfway between poetry and a public meltdown ****@gmail.comInstagram Handle @tristamateerInstagram Followers 96.4KType MicroGender Female Get Email Contact
27. Sabrina Benaim
Bio dig 🖖🏼 📚 Depression & Other Magic Tricks // I Love You, Call Me Back // Chaotic GoodInstagram Handle @badass_sabInstagram Followers 63.4KType MicroGender Female Get Email Contact
28. Upile Chisala
Bio Mother. Storyteller. Researcher.Email: ****@gmail.com‘a fire like you’, 'soft magic' & 'Nectar' on Amazon.#Upile #softmagicInstagram Handle @beingupileInstagram Followers 62.8KType MicroGender Female Get Email Contact
29. Ada Limón
Bio Official IG of Writer, Poet, 24th Poet Laureate of the United States #adalimon ****@fieldofficewriters.comInstagram Handle @adalimonwriterInstagram Followers 61.8KType MicroGender Female Get Email Contact
30. Emily Dickinson Museum
Bio Sparking the imagination from the place she called home. ****@emilydickinsonmuseum.orgInstagram Handle @emilydickinson.museumInstagram Followers 62.2KType Micro Get Email Contact
31. Iain S. Thomas
Bio The Secret of You, the follow up to The Truth of You, is available for preorder in the link below - I love you, thank you for letting me write. ****@gmail.comInstagram Handle @realiainsthomasInstagram Followers 54.4KType MicroGender Male Get Email Contact
32. Sylvia Plath
Bio All things Sylvia & then some 📚👑💕♡ Feel free to repost w/ credit. ♡ Tag me in your Plath posts!♡ Global social issues are available in highlights. ****@outlook.comInstagram Handle @sylviaplathpoetryInstagram Followers 53KType Micro Get Email Contact
33. Danez Smith
Bio Poet. Performer. Writer of other things. Teacher. Black Person. Your favorite ex. (They/Them/That Bitch)Instagram Handle @danez_smifInstagram Followers 43.8KType MicroGender Male Get Email Contact
34. Safia Elhillo
Bio sudania ١٠٠/١٠٠. @blueflowerarts for inquiries, @randomhouse for books. i don’t read DMs☀️ @yazolcollective ****@safia-mafia.comInstagram Handle @safiamafiaInstagram Followers 40.8KType MicroGender Female Get Email Contact
35. Blythe Baird
Bio 📌 Minneapolis ❤️🔥📖✨ 2x @buttonpoetry author, outreach manager at @loftliterarycenter, McKnight Fellow, & Leo 🏳️🌈🏳️🌈🏳️🌈 #FREEPALESTINE🇵🇸🍉 ****@gmail.comInstagram Handle @blythebairdInstagram Followers 34.7KType MicroGender Female Get Email Contact
36. Nicole Rose
Bio just a poet putting her thoughts to ink♡author of utopia and immortal rose collabs: ****@gmail.commy books↓🎀💌♡@theutopia.collectionInstagram Handle @nicole.rosesInstagram Followers 26.5KType MicroGender Female Get Email Contact
37. K.Y. Robinson
Bio Author. Family caregiver. In my survival mode & burnout era. ****@gmail.comInstagram Handle @iamkyrobinsonInstagram Followers 9.7KType NanoGender Female Get Email Contact
38. Rachel McKibbens
Bio (Camacho) Santa Ana chola. December Goat. Pink Door. WitchMob. Accomplice. Way opener. We Were Three. #mckibbenswritingpromptInstagram Handle @vulturekissInstagram Followers 8KType NanoGender Female Get Email Contact
39. Tracy K. Smith
Bio Poet, Memoirist, Librettist, Translator & Professor of English and AAAS at Harvard UniversityInstagram Handle @tracyksmithpoetInstagram Followers 8.3KType NanoGender Female Get Email Contact
40. Tapiwa Mugabe
Bio Reading. ****@hotmail.co.ukInstagram Handle @tapiwamugabeInstagram Followers 6KType NanoGender Male Get Email Contact
41. Danabelle Gutierrez
Bio Predominantly @dearestcairo's mother. 🧿💖✨️Also, a writer, author, actress, and photographer, on occasion.📚 Links to my books on my bio. 💖 ****@gmail.comInstagram Handle @danabellegutierrezInstagram Followers 3.6KType NanoGender Female Get Email Contact
42. Alysia Knowles
Bio 🍉🔻🦖💅🏽✒️🎥📷░ꜱᴘᴏᴋᴇɴ ᴡᴏʀᴅ ᴀʀᴛɪꜱᴛ || @justlive.inc░ᴘʜᴏᴛᴏɢʀᴀᴘʜᴇʀ || @alysiaknowles.btc░ᴄᴏ-ꜰᴏᴜɴᴅᴇʀ|| @justentertainment.inc ****@gmail.comInstagram Handle @alysiaknowlesInstagram Followers 2.8KType NanoGender Female Get Email Contact
43. Jacquie Prebich
Bio Writer. Dancer. Poet. Lover of art and film🖤 Host of #poeticsighs🌜Moonchild🌛Los Angeles 🌊🌴Instagram Handle @jwprebichInstagram Followers 2.3KType NanoGender Female Get Email Contact
44. Derek Alton Walcott
Bio Derek Alton Walcott KCSL OBE OCC ORTT (Trinity Cross), Nobel Prize, TS Eliot Prize,Queen’s Medal for PoetryPoet,Playwright,Painter,1930-2017 ****@gmail.comInstagram Handle @derekwalcottofficialInstagram Followers 2.1KType NanoGender Male Get Email Contact
45. Layla
Bio @uarizona ‘26Creative Writing and Film & TelevisionUntraditionally Slytherin moon girl, word witch, and tea lover. ****@gmail.comInstagram Handle @nin_chroniclesInstagram Followers 1.2KType NanoGender Female
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46. Chloë Frayne
Bio Australian • 🏳️🌈 • vegan • 💘 A.Z.(small acts of bravery)credit all reposts, little doves ©️my new book, The Gravity Inside Us, is out now ✨ ****@hotmail.comInstagram Handle @chloefrayneInstagram Followers 158KType MacroGender Female Get Email Contact
47. Warsan Shire
Bio LDN/LA enquiring minds: ****@rockingchairbooks.comInstagram Handle @warsanshireeInstagram Followers 153.6KType MacroGender Female Get Email Contact
48. Michael Faudet
Bio I am a New Zealand author represented by Writers House, New York. My latest book, Playing with Matches, is available from bookstores worldwide. ****@gmail.comInstagram Handle @michaelfaudetInstagram Followers 146KType MacroGender Male Get Email Contact
49. Madisen Kuhn Lamore
Bio I wrote Eighteen Years, Please Don’t Go Before I Get Better, Almost Home, and Bad At Existing@poetryishealing ****@madisen.coInstagram Handle @madisenkuhnInstagram Followers 33.9KType MicroGender Female Get Email Contact
50. Kahlil Gibran
Bio Paid promotions available💰Quotes|poemsLebanese🇱🇧American🇺🇸(Poet,Philospher,Artist) Work:The ProphetJan 6,1883 | April 10,1931 ****@gmail.comInstagram Handle @khalil_gibran_writesInstagram Followers 29.1KType MicroGender Male Get Email Contact
51. Jessica Katoff
Bio atlanta based poet, novelist, and taco connoisseur. all works copyright © jessica katoff, unless otherwise stated. #jessicakatoffInstagram Handle @jessicakatoffInstagram Followers 26.8KType MicroGender Female Get Email Contact
52. Nayyirah Waheed
Bio Words are powerful. Nayyirah Waheed's words are.Instagram Handle @nayyirahwaheedwordsInstagram Followers 12.7KType MicroGender Female Get Email Contact
53. Billy Collins
Bio This is the official Instagram of poet Billy Collins. Accept no substitutes.Instagram Handle @the_real_billy_collinsInstagram Followers 10.9KType MicroGender Male Get Email Contact
54. Hieu Minh Nguyen
Bio 🦭 ****@hieuminhnguyen.comInstagram Handle @hieuminhbeingInstagram Followers 10.5KType MicroGender Male Get Email Contact
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