Top 60 Poetry Influencers in 2025
Poetry Influencers
Here are Top 60 Poetry Influencers to Follow on Instagram in 2025
1. Amanda Gorman
Bio Donate now to aid children in Gaza ⬇️ ****@urbanwordnyc.orgInstagram Handle @amandascgormanInstagram Followers 3.6MType MegaGender Female Get Email Contact Are you a creator? Submit your profile to get listed and be discovered by brands in your niche!Submit
2. R. M. Drake
Bio New York Times Best Selling AuthorTo My Best Friend: link belowInstagram Handle @rmdrkInstagram Followers 2.8MType MegaGender Male Get Email Contact
3. Morgan Harpernichols
Bio Artist, Writer, MFA in Interdisciplinary Media Arts, PhD Student (Comm Studies at University of Georgia), creator of @thestorytellerco. Welcome 💛 ****@gmail.comInstagram Handle @morganharpernicholsInstagram Followers 1.9MType MegaGender Female
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4. Atticus
Bio Anonymous author of 3 x NYT BestsellersWriting poetry & sending love from the shadows xxJoin my newsletter ↓💌 ****@atticuspoetry.comInstagram Handle @atticuspoetryInstagram Followers 1.6MType MegaGender Male Get Email Contact
5. Arch Hades
Bio ****@archhades.comInstagram Handle @archhadesInstagram Followers 938KType MacroGender Female Get Email Contact
6. Nikita Gill
Bio I make things. Represented by Niki Chang @davidhighambooks. PREORDER HEKATE HERE:Instagram Handle @nikita_gillInstagram Followers 824.2KType MacroGender Female Get Email Contact
7. Cleo Wade
Bio New Orleans girl ⚜️ This page is mostly things I write, make, like, and care about ♥️ ****@cleowade.comInstagram Handle @cleowadeInstagram Followers 763KType MacroGender Female Get Email Contact
8. Beau Taplin
Bio Taking a Quiet respite from this world to compose another, 🍂 𝘗𝘙𝘖𝘝𝘐𝘋𝘌𝘕𝘊𝘌 💐. 𝘉𝘉𝘚.You may learn His lil’ Secret at the Link Below ****@gmail.comInstagram Handle @beautaplinInstagram Followers 583.1KType MacroGender Male Get Email Contact
9. Lang Leav
Bio International Bestselling Author. New novel OTHERS WERE EMERALDS out now 💚💙 Link to purchase: ****@writershouse.comInstagram Handle @langleavInstagram Followers 484.9KType MacroGender Female Get Email Contact
10. Andrea Gibson
Bio Colorado Poet Laureatebook • You Better Be Lightning writings • andreagibson.substack.com ****@gmail.comInstagram Handle @andreagibsonInstagram Followers 546.9KType Macro Get Email Contact
11. Ocean Vuong
Bio ****@oceanvuong.comInstagram Handle @ocean_vuongInstagram Followers 395.6KType MacroGender Male Get Email Contact
12. Christopher Poindexter
Bio Buy a Poem/ Send a Poem 🌷Founder @jackwildpublishing Personal @trumpetthatsangelizabeth Flower farming @wildroot_flowerco ****@gmail.comInstagram Handle @christopherpoindexterInstagram Followers 327.7KType MacroGender Male Get Email Contact
13. Tyler Knott Gregson
Bio Autistic. Poet. Photographer. Buddhist.YNWA.Hoobie to @ladygregson💌 Sign Up for my Signal Fire ↓ ****@gmail.comInstagram Handle @tylerknottInstagram Followers 311.2KType MacroGender Male Get Email Contact
14. Margaret Atwood
Bio Author ****@caa.comInstagram Handle @therealmargaretatwoodInstagram Followers 319.6KType MacroGender Female Get Email Contact
15. 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 256.1KType MacroGender Male Get Email Contact
16. Yrsa Daley-Ward
Bio Author of The Catch, bone, The Terrible & The How. Speaker. Founder: the utter™ 📍LA ****@me.comInstagram Handle @yrsadaleywardInstagram Followers 254.7KType MacroGender Female Get Email Contact
17. 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 180.4KType MacroGender Female Get Email Contact
18. Courtney Peppernell
Bio bit of everything author ✨💛- A Month of Sundays OUT NOW- Out of the Ashes (8/5/2025)- The Last Poem - A NOVEL - 2026 ****@pepperbooks.orgInstagram Handle @courtneypeppernellInstagram Followers 148.6KType MacroGender Female Get Email Contact
19. Hanif Abdurraqib
Bio Writer. Ohio Against The World. PhD in Sad Songs. But doing fine, really. I don’t check DMs, so I won’t see it. @68to05 ****@beotis.comInstagram Handle @nifmuhammadInstagram Followers 161.9KType MacroGender Male
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20. Brian Bilston
Bio I write poems. ****@jounwin.co.ukInstagram Handle @brian_bilstonInstagram Followers 134.2KType MacroGender Male Get Email Contact
21. Alison A. Malee
Bio poet. author. artist. perpetual wanderer. nyc. @booksteapoetry & @aliwriteshome ∘ books and events⇣ ****@gmail.comInstagram Handle @alison.maleeInstagram Followers 122.1KType MacroGender Female Get Email Contact
22. Adam Schmalholz
Bio Emmy Nominated Poet | Multi-Platinum Songwriter I Bestselling Author | Keynote Speaker | Book, Journal, Album, Shows, Workshops & Booking Inquiries ⬇️ ****@in-q.comInstagram Handle @inqlifeInstagram Followers 115.9KType MacroGender Male Get Email Contact
23. Amanda Lovelace
Bio bestselling poetess & witchy author | 🏳️🌈 | wife of @itsparkerlee | CHUBBY WITCH’S NIGHT IN oracle deck out september 9 💜Instagram Handle @ladybookmadInstagram Followers 114.4KType MacroGender Female Get Email Contact
24. Upile Chisala
Bio Mother. Storyteller. Researcher.Email: ****@gmail.com‘a fire like you’, 'soft magic' & 'Nectar' on Amazon.#Upile #softmagicInstagram Handle @beingupileInstagram Followers 64.6KType MicroGender Female Get Email Contact
25. Ada Limón
Bio Official IG of Writer, Poet, 24th Poet Laureate of the United States #adalimon ****@fieldofficewriters.comInstagram Handle @adalimonwriterInstagram Followers 64.6KType MicroGender Female Get Email Contact
26. Emily Dickinson Museum
Bio Sparking the imagination from the place she called home. ****@emilydickinsonmuseum.orgInstagram Handle @emilydickinson.museumInstagram Followers 65.2KType Micro Get Email Contact
27. 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 54.3KType MicroGender Male Get Email Contact
28. 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 55.2KType Micro Get Email Contact
29. Danez Smith
Bio Poet. Performer. Writer of other things. Teacher. Black Person. Your favorite ex. (They/Them/That Bitch)Instagram Handle @danez_smifInstagram Followers 46.1KType MicroGender Male Get Email Contact
30. Safia Elhillo
Bio sudania ١٠٠/١٠٠. @blueflowerarts for inquiries, @randomhouse for books. i don’t read DMs☀️ @yazolcollective ****@safia-mafia.comInstagram Handle @safiamafiaInstagram Followers 41.2KType MicroGender Female Get Email Contact
31. Nicole Rose
Bio just a poet putting her thoughts to ink♡author of utopia, tea, and immortal rose collabs: ****@gmail.commy books↓🎀💌♡Instagram Handle @nicole.rosesInstagram Followers 30.7KType MicroGender Female Get Email Contact
32. Franny Choi
Bio Writer. Founder of @brewandforge. THE WORLD KEEPS ENDING, AND THE WORLD GOES ON (@eccobooks). Contact @leslieleship / @pandeliteraryInstagram Handle @fancyrhinoInstagram Followers 19.3KType MicroGender Female Get Email Contact
33. Rachel McKibbens
Bio (Camacho) Santa Ana chola. Pink Door. WitchMob. Accomplice. 🎙️ We Were Three. “Peace is the white man’s word.” - Kwame Ture #mckibbenswritingpromptInstagram Handle @vulturekissInstagram Followers 8.2KType NanoGender Female Get Email Contact
34. Tracy K. Smith
Bio Poet, Memoirist, Librettist, Translator & Professor of English and AAAS at Harvard UniversityInstagram Handle @tracyksmithpoetInstagram Followers 9.3KType NanoGender Female Get Email Contact
35. Tiana Clark
Bio Poet. Professor. Essayist.Author of Scorched Earth, my latest poetry collection ✨💕🙌🏽. ****@gmail.comInstagram Handle @tianaclarkypantsInstagram Followers 8.5KType NanoGender Female Get Email Contact
36. Tapiwa Mugabe
Bio Reading. ****@hotmail.co.ukInstagram Handle @tapiwamugabeInstagram Followers 5.9KType NanoGender Male Get Email Contact
37. Dr. Afra
Bio Emirati | Educator| Poet |PhD in Creative Industries | Author : Of Palm Trees and Skies | Afraverseشاعرة إماراتية | دكتوراه في الصناعات الابداعيةInstagram Handle @afraatiqInstagram Followers 6KType NanoGender Female Get Email Contact
38. 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
39. Alysia Knowles
Bio 🍉🦖ɢʜᴇᴛᴛᴏ ᴡɪᴛʜ ᴀ ʀᴜɴᴡᴀʏ Qᴜᴀʟɪᴛʏ🎙📷░ꜱᴘᴏᴋᴇɴ ᴡᴏʀᴅ ᴀʀᴛɪꜱᴛ || @justlive.inc░ᴘʜᴏᴛᴏɢʀᴀᴘʜᴇʀ || @alysiaknowles.btc░ᴄᴏ-ꜰᴏᴜɴᴅᴇʀ|| @justentertainment.inc ****@gmail.comInstagram Handle @alysiaknowlesInstagram Followers 2.9KType NanoGender Female Get Email Contact
40. 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
41. 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 2.2KType NanoGender Male Get Email Contact
42. Megha Sood
Bio An award-winning Poet,Author,Editor @theartistsforum @mookychickmag Partner @cesta_stanford Fellowship @mvicw @nlapw @wnbadc @vonavoices @jerseyarts ****@gmail.comInstagram Handle @meghasworld16Instagram Followers 1.3KType NanoGender Female
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43. Rupi Kaur
Bio poet & performer (on sabbatical 😴) ****@rupikaur.comInstagram Handle @rupikaur_Instagram Followers 4.3MType MegaGender Female Get Email Contact
44. Sabrina Benaim
Bio dig 🖖🏼 📚 Depression & Other Magic Tricks // I Love You, Call Me Back // Chaotic GoodInstagram Handle @badass_sabInstagram Followers 62.6KType MicroGender Female Get Email Contact
45. 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
46. Hieu Minh Nguyen
Bio 🦭 ****@hieuminhnguyen.comInstagram Handle @hieuminhbeingInstagram Followers 10.6KType MicroGender Male Get Email Contact
47. Jacqueline Whitney
Bio My books and more. ****@gmail.comInstagram Handle @jacquelinewhitney_Instagram Followers 329KType MacroGender Female Get Email Contact
48. Trista Mateer
Bio halfway between poetry and a public meltdown ****@gmail.comInstagram Handle @tristamateerInstagram Followers 95.1KType MicroGender Female Get Email Contact
49. Blythe Baird
Bio 📌 Minneapolis ❤️🔥📖✨ 2x @buttonpoetry author, outreach manager at @loftliterarycenter, McKnight Fellow, & Leo 🏳️🌈🏳️🌈🏳️🌈 #FREEPALESTINE🇵🇸🍉 ****@gmail.comInstagram Handle @blythebairdInstagram Followers 34.3KType MicroGender Female Get Email Contact
50. Jessica Katoff
Bio atlanta based poet, novelist, and taco connoisseur. all works copyright © jessica katoff, unless otherwise stated. #jessicakatoffInstagram Handle @jessicakatoffInstagram Followers 26.5KType MicroGender Female Get Email Contact
51. K.Y. Robinson
Bio Author. Family caregiver. Bipolar. In my survival mode & burnout era. ****@gmail.comInstagram Handle @iamkyrobinsonInstagram Followers 9.5KType NanoGender Female Get Email Contact
52. 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 155.6KType MacroGender Female Get Email Contact
53. Warsan Shire
Bio enquiring minds: ****@rockingchairbooks.comInstagram Handle @warsanshireeInstagram Followers 152.3KType MacroGender Female Get Email Contact
54. 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 143.7KType MacroGender Male Get Email Contact
55. Kahlil Gibran
Bio ****@gmail.comInstagram Handle @khalil_gibran_writesInstagram Followers 29.2KType MicroGender Male Get Email Contact
56. Nayyirah Waheed
Bio Words are powerful. Nayyirah Waheed's words are.Instagram Handle @nayyirahwaheedwordsInstagram Followers 13.3KType MicroGender Female Get Email Contact
57. Billy Collins
Bio This is the official Instagram of poet Billy Collins. Accept no substitutes.Instagram Handle @the_real_billy_collinsInstagram Followers 11.1KType MicroGender Male Get Email Contact
58. Amanda Torroni
Bio A head full of stars & a handful of question marks.♌ Writer. Photographer. Stargazer. Time Traveler.💌 Poet w/ @andrewsmcmeel📍 Charleston, SC ****@gmail.comInstagram Handle @amandatorroniInstagram Followers 41.9KType MicroGender Female Get Email Contact