Top 60 Poetry Influencers in 2025

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