Top 70 Poetry Influencers in 2026

1. Amanda Gorman

Bio Donate now to support UNICEF’s essential aid to children worldwide ⬇️ *****@urbanwordnyc.org Instagram Handle @amandascgorman Instagram Followers 3.6M Type Mega Gender Female Get Email Contact Request upto top 1,000 Poetry Instagram Influencers with email contacts in a spreadsheet or csv file. Email us at anuj@feedspot.com Copy emailEmail us

2. R. M. Drake

Bio New York Times Best Selling AuthorDetoxify Book: link below Instagram Handle @rmdrk Instagram Followers 2.8M Type Mega Gender Male Get Email Contact

3. Morgan Harpernichols

Bio Artist, Author, MFA in Interdisciplinary Media Arts, 2nd year PhD Student (Communication Studies at University of Georgia). Welcome 💛 *****@gmail.com Instagram Handle @morganharpernichols Instagram Followers 1.9M Type Mega Gender Female swiss-miss.com + Follow Get Email Contact

4. Atticus

Bio Anonymous author of 3 x NYT BestsellersWriting poetry & sending love from the shadows xxJoin my newsletter ↓💌 *****@atticuspoetry.com Instagram Handle @atticuspoetry Instagram Followers 1.6M Type Mega Gender Male Get Email Contact

5. Arch Hades

Bio *****@archhades.com Instagram Handle @archhades Instagram Followers 903.4K Type Macro Gender Female Get Email Contact

6. Nikita Gill

Bio Poet. Playwright. Artist. @literacy_trust poetry ambassador. Represented by Niki Chang @davidhighambooks. ORDER HEKATE HERE AND PREORDER STYX HERE: Instagram Handle @nikita_gill Instagram Followers 834.7K Type Macro Gender Female Get Email Contact

7. Cleo Wade

Bio New Orleans girl ⚜️ This page is mostly things I write, make, like, and care about ♥️ *****@cleowade.com Instagram Handle @cleowade Instagram Followers 755.7K Type Macro Gender Female Get Email Contact

8. Beau Taplin

Bio 2500yo Pythagorean Numerology applied to modern Language and Physics Constants proves an Intentionally Designed cosmos. *****@gmail.com Instagram Handle @beautaplin Instagram Followers 570.2K Type Macro Gender Male Get Email Contact

9. Lang Leav

Bio International Bestselling Author. New poetry book SOON IT WILL BE SUNDAY out now! 💙 Link to pre-order: *****@writershouse.com Instagram Handle @langleav Instagram Followers 478.7K Type Macro Gender Female Get Email Contact

10. Andrea Gibson

Bio Colorado Poet Laureatebook • You Better Be Lightning writings • andreagibson.substack.com *****@gmail.com Instagram Handle @andreagibson Instagram Followers 586.6K Type Macro Get Email Contact

11. Jacqueline Whitney

Bio My books and more. *****@gmail.com Instagram Handle @jacquelinewhitney_ Instagram Followers 320.6K Type Macro Gender Female Get Email Contact

12. Ocean Vuong

Bio *****@oceanvuong.com Instagram Handle @ocean_vuong Instagram Followers 441.4K Type Macro Gender Male Get Email Contact

13. Christopher Poindexter

Bio Buy a Poem/ Send a Poem 🌷Founder @jackwildpublishing Personal @trumpetthatsangelizabeth Flower farming @wildroot_flowerco *****@gmail.com Instagram Handle @christopherpoindexter Instagram Followers 324.4K Type Macro Gender Male Get Email Contact

14. Tyler Knott Gregson

Bio Autistic. Poet. Photographer. Buddhist. Deeply unserious.YNWA.Hoobie to @ladygregson💌 Sign Up for my Signal Fire ↓ *****@gmail.com Instagram Handle @tylerknott Instagram Followers 307.9K Type Macro Gender Male Get Email Contact

15. Margaret Atwood

Bio Author *****@caa.com Instagram Handle @therealmargaretatwood Instagram Followers 359.8K Type Macro Gender Female Get Email Contact

16. Rudy Francisco

Bio #Belizean 🇧🇿 | #Garifuna | 📍San Diego | Author of “helium” & “I’ll fly away” |@cuse_nurho | purchase books in the bio | Zoey’s dad 🍉 *****@gmail.com Instagram Handle @rudyfrancisco Instagram Followers 256.1K Type Macro Gender Male Get Email Contact

17. Yrsa Daley-Ward

Bio Author: The Catch, bone, The Terrible, The HowFounder of the utter™ Find me on Substack 💫 *****@me.com Instagram Handle @yrsadaleyward Instagram Followers 245.7K Type Macro Gender Female Get Email Contact

18. Mansi Jikadara

Bio all work is protected by copyright ©️✨pls don’t copy/recreate/modify🚫🌻email for business enquiries 💌💡journaling videos 📹📚 ↓ *****@gmail.com Instagram Handle @thetypewriterdaily Instagram Followers 180K Type Macro Gender Female Get Email Contact

19. Courtney Peppernell

Bio There is always hope in tomorrow ✨- Dear Younger Me, Out NOV/25- The Last Poem: A Novel, MAR/3All my books below ⤵️ *****@pepperbooks.org Instagram Handle @courtneypeppernell Instagram Followers 148.2K Type Macro Gender Female Get Email Contact

20. 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. *****@abdurraqib.com instead. Instagram Handle @nifmuhammad Instagram Followers 171.3K Type Macro Gender Male news.wosu.org/podcast/small-.. + Follow Get Email Contact

21. Brian Bilston

Bio I write poems. *****@jounwin.co.uk Instagram Handle @brian_bilston Instagram Followers 139K Type Macro Gender Male Get Email Contact

22. Alison A. Malee

Bio poet. author. artist. perpetual wanderer. nyc. @booksteapoetry & @aliwriteshome ∘ books and events⇣ *****@gmail.com Instagram Handle @alison.malee Instagram Followers 120.6K Type Macro Gender Female Get Email Contact

23. Adam Schmalholz

Bio 2x Emmy Nominated Poet | Multi-Platinum Songwriter I Bestselling Author | Keynote Speaker | Book, Journal, Album, Events & Booking Inquiries ⬇️ *****@in-q.com Instagram Handle @inqlife Instagram Followers 114.8K Type Macro Gender Male Get Email Contact

24. Amanda Lovelace

Bio bestselling poetess & witchy author | 🏳️‍🌈 | wife of @itsparkerlee | CHUBBY WITCH’S NIGHT IN oracle deck out now 💜 Instagram Handle @ladybookmad Instagram Followers 114.1K Type Macro Gender Female Get Email Contact

25. Trista Mateer

Bio ★ visual artist, insufferable lover, evil poet ★ *****@gmail.com Instagram Handle @tristamateer Instagram Followers 93.7K Type Micro Gender Female Get Email Contact

26. Upile Chisala

Bio Mother. Storyteller. Researcher.Email: *****@gmail.com‘a fire like you’, 'soft magic' & 'Nectar' on Amazon.#Upile #softmagic Instagram Handle @beingupile Instagram Followers 64.2K Type Micro Gender Female Get Email Contact

27. Ada Limón

Bio Official IG of Writer, Poet, 24th Poet Laureate of the United States #adalimon *****@fieldofficewriters.com Instagram Handle @adalimonwriter Instagram Followers 67.4K Type Micro Gender Female Get Email Contact

28. Emily Dickinson Museum

Bio Sparking the imagination from the place she called home. *****@emilydickinsonmuseum.org Instagram Handle @emilydickinson.museum Instagram Followers 68.1K Type Micro Get Email Contact

29. 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.com Instagram Handle @realiainsthomas Instagram Followers 53.6K Type Micro Gender Male Get Email Contact

30. 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.com Instagram Handle @sylviaplathpoetry Instagram Followers 57.8K Type Micro Get Email Contact

31. Danez Smith

Bio Poet. Performer. Writer of other things. Teacher. Black Person. Your favorite ex. (They/Them/That Bitch) Instagram Handle @danez_smif Instagram Followers 46.8K Type Micro Gender Male Get Email Contact

32. Safia Elhillo

Bio sudania ١٠٠/١٠٠. @blueflowerarts for inquiries, @randomhouse for books. i don’t read DMs☀️ @yazolcollective *****@safia-mafia.com Instagram Handle @safiamafia Instagram Followers 41.4K Type Micro Gender Female Get Email Contact

33. Blythe Baird

Bio 📌 Minneapolis ❤️‍🔥📖✨ 2x @buttonpoetry author, outreach manager at @loftliterarycenter, McKnight Fellow, & Leo 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍🌈 #FREEPALESTINE🇵🇸🍉 *****@gmail.com Instagram Handle @blythebaird Instagram Followers 33.8K Type Micro Gender Female Get Email Contact

34. Jessica Katoff

Bio atlanta based poet, novelist, and taco connoisseur. all works copyright © jessica katoff, unless otherwise stated. #jessicakatoff Instagram Handle @jessicakatoff Instagram Followers 26.2K Type Micro Gender Female Get Email Contact

35. Nicole Rose

Bio just a poet putting her thoughts to ink♡author of utopia, tea, and lemonade collabs: *****@gmail.commy books↓🎀💌♡ Instagram Handle @nicole.roses Instagram Followers 32.9K Type Micro Gender Female Get Email Contact

36. Franny Choi

Bio Writer. Founder of @brewandforge. THE WORLD KEEPS ENDING, AND THE WORLD GOES ON (@eccobooks). Contact @leslieleship / @pandeliterary Instagram Handle @fancyrhino Instagram Followers 19.8K Type Micro Gender Female Get Email Contact

37. K.Y. Robinson

Bio Author. Family caregiver. Bipolar. In my survival mode & burnout era. *****@gmail.com Instagram Handle @iamkyrobinson Instagram Followers 9.3K Type Nano Gender Female Get Email Contact

38. Rachel McKibbens

Bio (Camacho) Santa Ana chola. Pink Door. Accomplice. Podcast: We Were Three. “Peace is the white man’s word.” - Kwame Ture #mckibbenswritingprompt Instagram Handle @vulturekiss Instagram Followers 8.4K Type Nano Gender Female Get Email Contact

39. Tracy K. Smith

Bio Poet, Memoirist, Librettist, Translator & Professor of English and AAAS at Harvard University Instagram Handle @tracyksmithpoet Instagram Followers 10.7K Type Micro Gender Female Get Email Contact

40. Tiana Clark

Bio Poet. Professor. Essayist.Author of Scorched Earth, my latest poetry collection ✨💕🙌🏽. *****@gmail.com Instagram Handle @tianaclarkypants Instagram Followers 8.8K Type Nano Gender Female Get Email Contact

41. Tapiwa Mugabe

Bio Poet. Philosopher. Theologian of the unseenI write toward what’s sacred, invisible & real.Here for memory, beauty, & the future we dream into being. *****@hotmail.co.uk Instagram Handle @tapiwamugabe Instagram Followers 5.9K Type Nano Gender Male Get Email Contact

42. Dr. Afra

Bio Emirati | Educator| Poet PhD in Creative Industries | Author ‎شاعرة إماراتية | دكتوراه في الصناعات الابداعية Instagram Handle @afraatiq Instagram Followers 6.2K Type Nano Gender Female Get Email Contact

43. Danabelle Gutierrez

Bio Predominantly @dearestcairo's mother. 🧿💖✨️Also, a writer, author, actress, and photographer, on occasion.📚 Links to my books on my bio. 💖 *****@gmail.com Instagram Handle @danabellegutierrez Instagram Followers 3.7K Type Nano Gender Female Get Email Contact

44. Alysia Knowles

Bio Poet✒️ • Creator 🎬 • Photographer📸✨️Professional overthinker✨️DM or Email for PR, words or photosShoots: @alysiaknowles.jpg *****@gmail.com Instagram Handle @alysiaknowles Instagram Followers 3K Type Nano Gender Female Get Email Contact

45. Jacquie Prebich

Bio Writer. Dancer. Poet. Lover of art and film🖤 Host of #poeticsighs🌜Moonchild🌛Los Angeles 🌊🌴 Instagram Handle @jwprebich Instagram Followers 2.3K Type Nano Gender Female Get Email Contact

46. 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.com Instagram Handle @derekwalcottofficial Instagram Followers 2.3K Type Nano Gender Male Get Email Contact

47. Megha Sood

Bio An award-winning Poet,Author,Editor @theartistsforum @mookychickmag Partner @cesta_stanford Fellowship @mvicw @nlapw @wnbadc @vonavoices @jerseyarts *****@gmail.com Instagram Handle @meghasworld16 Instagram Followers 1.4K Type Nano Gender Female meghasworldsite.wordpress.com + Follow Get Email Contact

48. Rupi Kaur

Bio poet & performer (on sabbatical 😴) *****@rupikaur.com Instagram Handle @rupikaur_ Instagram Followers 4.2M Type Mega Gender Female Get Email Contact

49. 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.com Instagram Handle @chloefrayne Instagram Followers 153.2K Type Macro Gender Female Get Email Contact

50. Warsan Shire

Bio enquiring minds: *****@rockingchairbooks.com Instagram Handle @warsanshiree Instagram Followers 151.3K Type Macro Gender Female Get Email Contact

51. 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.com Instagram Handle @michaelfaudet Instagram Followers 142K Type Macro Gender Male Get Email Contact

52. Sabrina Benaim

Bio dig 🖖🏼 📚 Depression & Other Magic Tricks // I Love You, Call Me Back // Chaotic Good Instagram Handle @badass_sab Instagram Followers 61.7K Type Micro Gender Female Get Email Contact

53. Madisen Kuhn Lamore

Bio I wrote Eighteen Years, Please Don’t Go Before I Get Better, Almost Home, and Bad At Existing@keepsakepoems *****@madisen.co Instagram Handle @madisenkuhn Instagram Followers 33.4K Type Micro Gender Female Get Email Contact

54. Kahlil Gibran

Bio *****@gmail.com Instagram Handle @khalil_gibran_writes Instagram Followers 29.2K Type Micro Gender Male Get Email Contact

55. Nayyirah Waheed

Bio Words are powerful. Nayyirah Waheed's words are. Instagram Handle @nayyirahwaheedwords Instagram Followers 13.9K Type Micro Gender Female Get Email Contact

56. Billy Collins

Bio This is the official Instagram of poet Billy Collins. Accept no substitutes. Instagram Handle @the_real_billy_collins Instagram Followers 11.6K Type Micro Gender Male Get Email Contact

57. Hieu Minh Nguyen

Bio 🦭 *****@hieuminhnguyen.com Instagram Handle @hieuminhbeing Instagram Followers 10.8K Type Micro Gender Male Get Email Contact

58. Mevlana Rumi

Bio 🔸️𝚆𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚜𝚎𝚎𝚔 𝚒𝚜 𝚜𝚎𝚎𝚔𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚢𝚘𝚞🔸️ 𝙼𝚎𝚟𝚕𝚊𝚗𝚊 𝚁𝚞𝚖𝚒 Instagram Handle @rumi.quotes Instagram Followers 391.2K Type Macro Get Email Contact

59. Ben Maxfield

Bio on my way home✨ Instagram Handle @bnmxfld Instagram Followers 91.5K Type Micro Gender Male Get Email Contact

60. Amanda Torroni

Bio A head full of stars & a handful of question marks.♌ Writer. Photographer. Stargazer. Time Traveler.💌 Poet w/ @andrewsmcmeel📍 Charleston, SC *****@gmail.com Instagram Handle @amandatorroni Instagram Followers 41.5K Type Micro Gender Female Get Email Contact

61. Wilson Oryema

Instagram Handle @wilson_oryema Instagram Followers 11.8K Type Micro Gender Male Get Email Contact

62. Sarah Kay

Bio sarah kay is beautiful, and i believe her poetry should be seen by everyone so as to inspire and amaze ☺ i'll follow you back if you let me 💕 Instagram Handle @sarahkaypoetry Instagram Followers 2.7K Type Nano Gender Female Get Email Contact

63. Azra Tabassum

Bio Teeny tiny poet @azra.tabassum Teeny tiny illustrator @tanieee93 Instagram Handle @azratabassumwrites Instagram Followers 627 Type Nano Gender Female Get Email Contact