Featured Poets Of Instagram

Published: September 2020

Favorite Poems From Instagram

There are many different types of poetry forms. Some poems are long and have multiple rhyming stanzas. Others are short and succinct with no rhyme scheme. Each type creates a different reading experience and evokes different emotions.

This collection is filled with poems from some of our favorite Instagram poets. These poets are talented in their art and write directly from the heart. The raw emotions in their poetry can clearly be seen.

They have given us permission to share their poems with our readers. Many of these poets have published their own books of poetry. Although these poems are short, they are powerful.

Sharing poetry with others is a very personal experience. It means baring your soul for the world to see, but poetry brings hope and healing. For the reader, it’s always comforting to read a piece that makes you realize you’re not alone. It’s comforting to know someone else understands.

We hope you find poems that speak directly to you. May you be encouraged by these short pieces!

142 Favorite Poems From Instagram

  1. 1. Despite The Storms

    • By S.C. Lourie
    • Published by Family Friend Poems October 2020 with permission of the Author.

    in Short Poems

    Despite the storms,
    beauty arrives like
    it was always going to.
    Despite the darkness,
    the light returns.
    Despite your loss,
    your heart will be
    full again.
    Despite the breaking,
    your heart will feel
    like it belongs in the
    land of joy once more.
    This is how it will
    always be. Keep living.

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    • Stories 3
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    • Favorited 33
    • Votes 487
    • Rating 4.37
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    Part of the last line says, "Keep living." I'm saying keep writing. I like your style and sensitivity. Excellent flow and structure. I really enjoyed it.

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  2. 2. And The World Carries On

    • By Amy O Connor
    • Published by Family Friend Poems August 2020 with permission of the Author.

    in Short Poems

    The plates will still shift
    and the clouds will still spew.
    The sun will slowly rise
    and the moon will follow too.

    Life’s beauty will continue
    to flourish all around,
    but now you are gone,
    these birds have no sound.

    And my heart does not beat.
    It is still inside my chest.
    My tears keep on falling
    and my head will not rest.

    But I have no choice only
    to move through this life.
    Endlessly attempting
    to fill this longing that is rife.

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    • Stories 1
    • Shares 7223
    • Favorited 28
    • Votes 640
    • Rating 4.40
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    This poem is really so good. I feel this poem; it's just amazing.

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  4. 3. Your Wounds

    in Short Poems

    Time doesn’t heal wounds
    to make you forget.

    It doesn’t heal wounds to
    erase the memories.

    Time leaves you with a scar
    to remind you of how you fought through it.

    Time leaves you with a scar
    to remind you of how you bled

    and how you survived.

    You survived.

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    • Stories 1
    • Shares 3170
    • Favorited 40
    • Votes 560
    • Rating 4.46
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    Very nicely done. I totally agree with you. I've used this same approach in my own life. I think sometime we pay more attention to what we're about to go through instead of how much you've...

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  5. 4. Drowning

    • By Amy O Connor
    • Published by Family Friend Poems October 2020 with permission of the Author.

    This poem comes from Amy O Connor's poetry book, A Beautiful Complexity. The poem explores the overwhelming and sometimes suffocating nature of intense emotions, particularly in the context of love and heartbreak. The poet describes the waves of their feelings for someone and how these waves can suddenly pull them under and leave them gasping for air, unable to escape the depths of their emotions. The poem portrays a sense of powerlessness in the face of strong feelings and the struggle to stay afloat amidst the turmoil.

    in Short Poems

    They come in waves,
    my feelings for you.
    And not pretty whitecaps
    dancing at my feet.
    But when I least expect it.
    When life seems to be
    a quiet stream of continuity.
    They come to disrupt.
    So forceful they pull me under,
    so that I am drowning and once again,
    can’t catch my breath.

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    • Favorited 17
    • Votes 340
    • Rating 4.37
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  7. 5. I Promise

    • By Ian E. Rabbitt
    • Published by Family Friend Poems July 2021 with permission of the Author.

    in Poems for Her

    I’ll love you
    like you’ve never been
    loved before
    With all my core
    As time goes on
    I’ll love you more and more
    No matter what life has in store

    I’ll be patient, I’ll be kind,
    I’ll be here to ease your mind
    I’ll be honest, I’ll be loyal
    I’ll do everything to ensure
    this love doesn’t spoil

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    • Stories 0
    • Shares 2621
    • Favorited 46
    • Votes 137
    • Rating 4.53
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  8. 6. You Could Have Given Up

    • By S.C. Lourie
    • Published by Family Friend Poems June 2021 with permission of the Author.

    in Poems about Life Struggles

    You could have given up,
    but you kept on going.
    You could have seen obstacles,
    but you called them adventures.
    You could have called them weeds,
    but instead you called them wildflowers.
    You could have died a caterpillar,
    but you fought on to be a butterfly.
    You could have denied yourself goodness,
    but instead you chose to show
    yourself self-love. You could have defined
    yourself by the dark days, but instead
    through them you realised your light.

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    • Stories 1
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    • Favorited 25
    • Votes 154
    • Rating 4.42
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    Another good one! I enjoyed it very much. And I think most of us can relate; I know I can. Thanks for sharing.

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  9. 7. Take Me To The Center Of Your Soul

    • By Caroline White
    • Published by Family Friend Poems February 2021 with permission of the Author.

    in Falling in Love Poems

    take me
    to the center of your soul
    show me where you hide
    lead me to the forgotten wounds
    show me the other side

    show me your broken pieces
    and where it hurts the most
    show me all of the scariest parts
    introduce me
    to your ghost

    take me to all of the pain
    let me dive into your darkest seas
    take me to your secrets
    let me walk through memories

    take me back to desire
    and lose me there forever
    swallow me inside your heart
    for I will leave there
    never

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    • Stories 0
    • Shares 1509
    • Favorited 56
    • Votes 133
    • Rating 4.38
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  10. 8. The Way You Look At Me

    • By Lorelei
    • Published by Family Friend Poems May 2021 with permission of the Author.

    in True Love Poems

    Even in those silent moments
    You look at me as if I hung the moon

    You make me forget that I was ever
    bruised or broken.
    You look at me as if
    I hung the stars
    across the sky for you.
    With you,
    my wings feel light and free.
    Your smile puts all my doubts to sleep.

    When I look at you
    freedom is what we weave.

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    • Stories 1
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    • Favorited 51
    • Votes 198
    • Rating 4.61
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    It's just beautiful!

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  11. 9. Aching Hearts

    • By Liz Newman
    • Published by Family Friend Poems December 2020 with permission of the Author.

    You never know the state of someone’s heart. Aching hearts may not look broken, but you have no idea what’s gone into that healing. Be kind, always.

    in Short Sad Poems

    We talk a lot about broken hearts.
    But oh,
    what about the aching ones?
    The hearts that are healing
    but can’t escape the visits of the
    cold, sharp
    pain gripping their core.
    The hearts that appear
    whole again
    but still experience
    the waves of hurt
    crash against their soul’s door.

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    • Stories 0
    • Shares 1143
    • Favorited 34
    • Votes 151
    • Rating 4.52
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  12. 10. Just Us Two

    • By Amy O Connor
    • Published by Family Friend Poems January 2021 with permission of the Author.

    For all the hopeless romantics and eternal believers in love, empaths and dreamers, poetry lovers and soft souls. Never change - you bring a vital compassion to this arduous world.

    in Passionate Love Poems

    Pull away the world
    so that it is just us two.
    Silence the chaos
    inside and outside our heads.
    Let us follow the purity
    of our foolish hearts
    if only for right now.
    Search my eyes
    for who we used to be.
    And when you find us,
    kiss my lips so hard
    that I believe
    the poetry is real again.

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    • Stories 1
    • Shares 783
    • Favorited 17
    • Votes 60
    • Rating 4.22
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    Talk about rekindling something lost; that will do it. Good read and flow.

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  13. 11. More Than Enough

    • By Gemma Troy
    • Published by Family Friend Poems April 2021 with permission of the Author.

    in Relationship Poems

    Just tell her she is perfect in the dark
    her light shines
    so the whole world can see her heart
    hold her tight
    so she knows if she ever did fall
    you would be there to catch her
    you will be there through every storm
    love her fiercely
    including all her scars
    and if she is brave enough
    to stand in front of you
    broken and fragile
    make sure she knows
    she is more than enough

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    • Stories 1
    • Shares 752
    • Favorited 31
    • Votes 54
    • Rating 4.69
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    I am in a new relationship. My favorite thing is when he tells me how beautiful I am or how he loves the way my eyes gleam. I know it won't always be this magical, but I want to hold on to it...

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  14. 12. I Won't Settle For Anything Less Than You

    • By Lorelei
    • Published by Family Friend Poems February 2021 with permission of the Author.

    in Falling in Love Poems

    I want it all
    The insanity
    The good,
    The bad,
    Your broken pieces too.
    The sadness,
    The laughter,
    even the darkness in your light.
    I want you wildly, madly in love
    with all that I am, all that I have been
    and everything I will become.
    Give me your moon
    and I’ll hang the stars
    across the sky for you

    because darling,
    I won’t settle for anything less
    than you.

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    • Shares 749
    • Favorited 15
    • Votes 44
    • Rating 4.11
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  15. 13. Seeing Ourselves Clearly

    • By Lauren Bowman
    • Published by Family Friend Poems November 2020 with permission of the Author.

    in Short Poems

    It’s difficult to take in the entirety of something
    when you are standing inside of it.
    Valleys are best seen from peaks.
    Mountains from their bases.
    The ocean from the shore.
    Perhaps this is why we rely on other’s eyes
    to see ourselves clearly.
    Perhaps this is why we struggle to wholly view
    who we are.

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    • Stories 2
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    • Favorited 16
    • Votes 85
    • Rating 4.40
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    One should always keep an open mind when viewing the world around them, and what you say in your beautiful poem is so true, and other people often can see our inner beauty before we do. That...

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  16. 14. You Are All That I Want

    • By Caroline White
    • Published by Family Friend Poems June 2021 with permission of the Author.

    in Sweet Love Poems

    Give me you
    tired and tattered
    restless and weary
    a heart that’s been shattered
    Give me you
    when you are less than tough
    when you are not smiling
    all your edges so rough
    Give me you
    when you can’t see the light
    just open your heart
    I will hold it so tight

    Give me you.

    You
    are all
    that I want

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    • Stories 0
    • Shares 588
    • Favorited 30
    • Votes 39
    • Rating 4.21
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  17. 15. I'm Busy Finding Me

    • By Lorelei
    • Published by Family Friend Poems February 2021 with permission of the Author.

    in I Miss You Poems

    I miss you in silence
    And every moment in between
    But I’m a little busy unfolding
    Those pieces of who I used to be
    I miss you at sunrise
    Until it’s time to greet the moon
    But darling,
    Don’t you see,
    I don’t miss you any less than yesterday
    I’m just a little busy
    Finding me.

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    • Stories 1
    • Shares 493
    • Favorited 23
    • Votes 123
    • Rating 4.37
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    One has to find themself, I agree, and not be totally reliant on somebody. I know because I was never allowed to live freely; now my independence I treasure dearly.

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  18. 16. The Strongest Part Of Me

    • By Ashleigh Rayl
    • Published by Family Friend Poems April 2021 with permission of the Author.

    This poem is from Ashleigh Rayl's poetry collection, A Beautiful Difference.

    in Inspirational Poems

    Even in my darkest moments
    I still have that little voice
    encouraging me to go on.
    To stand up and keep fighting.
    To wipe my tears and pull it together.
    To never give up.
    That quitting is not an option.
    That it will be ok no matter what.
    Without that voice I would be lost.
    I couldn’t make it in this world.
    That is the strongest part of me.

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    • Stories 0
    • Shares 449
    • Favorited 26
    • Votes 100
    • Rating 4.42
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  19. 17. Love Me Through It All

    • By Caroline White
    • Published by Family Friend Poems September 2020 with permission of the Author.

    in Short Love Poems

    love me
    through it all

    the beautiful days
    the dark days
    the days when I am drowning
    the days when I am lost
    the days when I am stagnant

    for it is love,
    and only love,
    that heals all wounds

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    • Stories 3
    • Shares 380
    • Favorited 37
    • Votes 508
    • Rating 4.46
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    How beautiful it is and how vividly expressed! The way you need love is that he must "love you through it all". The simplest yet the most complex thing to do is to keep loving through the...

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  20. 18. I Want To Tell You

    • By Lorelei
    • Published by Family Friend Poems December 2020 with permission of the Author.

    in I Miss You Poems

    There’s so much I want to say to you,
    words I buried in my mind
    but when it’s time to sing the verses
    the melodies come out wrong.

    I want to tell you
    that I still miss you
    even though I know I shouldn’t.
    I want to tell you
    that I wish to hold you
    even though I can’t.
    I want to tell you
    you are the one
    even when you couldn’t be.

    But most of all
    I want to tell you
    that I love you
    and I never stopped

    But maybe one day
    you’d keep telling me, instead.

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    • Stories 1
    • Shares 343
    • Favorited 22
    • Votes 50
    • Rating 4.28
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    Being in a one-sided love situation is never good. Putting yourself on hold for an undetermined amount of time can put a person in a space that's hard to come back from. There's no easy way...

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  21. 19. I Will Want To Grow Old With You

    • By Gemma Troy
    • Published by Family Friend Poems February 2021 with permission of the Author.

    in Sweet Love Poems

    You can take me on a holiday
    but I prefer to sit at home
    you can buy me chocolate and roses
    but I just want your hand to hold
    you can dine me all night long
    but I would rather lie under the stars
    while we listen to our favourite song
    you can give me jewels and gold
    but if you find me a feather
    with you
    I will want to grow old

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    • Stories 0
    • Shares 322
    • Favorited 8
    • Votes 37
    • Rating 4.08
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  22. 20. The Terrifying Thing About Love

    • By Madalina Coman
    • Published by Family Friend Poems September 2020 with permission of the Author.

    This is a popular piece from Madalina Coman's poetry book Unforgettable.

    in Short Poems

    It is a terrifying thing
    to watch love
    walk in your direction
    when you believe
    you are not ready
    to receive it.

    In the same manner,

    it is quite terrifying
    watching love
    walk away from you
    when you are not yet ready
    to let go.

    Go To Complete Poem

    • Stories 1
    • Shares 320
    • Favorited 18
    • Votes 187
    • Rating 4.30
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    Very well written and, in my opinion, very true. I like it and agree totally with it.

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