Featured Poets Of Instagram

Published: September 2020

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

She Is Magic
- By Caroline White
- Published by Family Friend Poems October 2021 with permission of the Author.
in Courage Poems

She wildly dances
to the beat of her own heart
a strong and fearless protector,
she’s hauntingly beautiful

She wildly dances
to the beat of her own heart
a strong and fearless protector,
she’s hauntingly beautiful
and dangerously smart.
Eyes filled with oceans
and a glimmer of pain,
but a soul with a compass
that points home
when it rains.
She’s visited darkness
and fought her way back
this girl is a warrior,
her spirit won’t crack.
A sense of humor to balance
how deep her heart bleeds,
she’s a radiant light,
that this dark world needs.
She is poised and she’s polished
but still can be rough,
she is one of a kind,
she is more than enough.
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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

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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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

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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These Stories We Wear
- By Sabina Laura
- Published by Family Friend Poems October 2021 with permission of the Author.
in Life Lesson Poems

these stories we wear –

scars,
stretchmarks,

these stories we wear –

scars,
stretchmarks,
wrinkles,

are wrongly labelled
as imperfections.

but aren’t they such beautiful,
courageous signs
of how we have lived?
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She Loved Him
- By Gemma Troy
- Published by Family Friend Poems April 2021 with permission of the Author.
in True Love Poems

She loved him without reason
and without cause
she loved him under water
and in the freezing cold of the deep winter months

She loved him without reason
and without cause
she loved him under water
and in the freezing cold of the deep winter months
she loved him in the dark
and beneath the starry sky
she loved his hands
and his innocent blue eyes
she loved his heart and how big it always seemed to be
she loved him even when things were a little stormy
she loved him before they knew each other’s name
and she will love him until
she takes her last breath
and her heart goes up in flames
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You
- By Leo Christopher
- Published by Family Friend Poems December 2020 with permission of the Author.
This short and sweet poem is about the search for true love and how it feels to finally find it. The poet describes their significant other as the one they've been searching for, the one they've been chasing after, and the one who has been the answer to all their hopes and dreams. The poem is a celebration of the deep connection between two people who have found each other and how they are now intimately connected.

Chasing After You - A Short Love Poem Of Longing And Desire

in Short Love Poems

You are
what I’ve been
searching for,
chasing after,

You are
what I’ve been
searching for,
chasing after,
longing to find,
every star,
moonbeam
and dream,
all of every thing
so infinitely far away
and yet so intimately
here in my arms.

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Just The Beginning
- By Caroline White
- Published by Family Friend Poems February 2021 with permission of the Author.
in Short Poems

one day
it will be so clear –
what you thought
was the end,

one day
it will be so clear –
what you thought
was the end,
was really
just the beginning.

Some doors are hidden
until we are ready
to open them.

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I Love The Way She Loves Me
- By Ian E. Rabbitt
- Published by Family Friend Poems July 2021 with permission of the Author.
in Poems for Her

I love the way
she runs her fingers
through my hair
I love the way

I love the way
she runs her fingers
through my hair
I love the way
she kisses my lips
without a care
I love the way
she slides her hand
gently down my skin
I love the way
she holds my heart
safer than it’s ever been
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Hope
- By Gemma Troy
- Published by Family Friend Poems April 2021 with permission of the Author.
Finding hope amidst adversity

Poem Of Hope: Finding Light In The Dark Moments

in Hope Poems

Hope can be found in the moment
when the sun breaks open the day
it can be felt when the stars shine
in the darkest part of the night

Hope can be found in the moment
when the sun breaks open the day
it can be felt when the stars shine
in the darkest part of the night
and when a flower has grown without rain
hope is the thread
that ties the words together
when I write poetry
hope is the reason
you’ve survived
it lives between each heart beat
and it’s in the air you breathe
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Snowflakes
- By Sabina Laura
- Published by Family Friend Poems January 2021 with permission of the Author.
in Short Poems

I caught snowflakes
on my fingertips
but they melted
to my dismay.

I caught snowflakes
on my fingertips
but they melted
to my dismay.
I could not hold on
to something
that did not want
to stay.

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What Healing Is Meant To Look Like
- By Blake Auden
- Published by Family Friend Poems October 2020 with permission of the Author.
I’ve been holding on to little fragments of you for a long time, because I could never bring myself to let you go all at once.

But deep down, I know I need to let go of these pieces. I can’t move on when I’m living next to these reminders of the people we were - the way we wrapped ourselves in each other. I don’t know what healing is meant to look like, but this feels like a good place to start.

in Short Poems

I don’t know
what healing
is meant
to look like,

I don’t know
what healing
is meant
to look like,
but washing
the smell of you
from my hoodie
feels like
a good place
to start

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I'm very fond of short, powerful, poems, and this is one for sure. Recovery can be the hardest thing we do, but it's always, always, worth it. Good write/read.

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All Will Be Okay
- By Kirsten Robinson
- Published by Family Friend Poems September 2021 with permission of the Author.
in Hope Poems

It’s okay
it’s okay
no matter what
comes your way

It’s okay
it’s okay
no matter what
comes your way
even when you
have no words to say
and your bluebird skies
turn shades of grey

You are here
you are breathing
there is something
to believe in

Please don’t lose faith
all will be okay

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Choose How You Spend Your Time
- By Blake Auden
- Published by Family Friend Poems August 2020 with permission of the Author.
I spend an inordinate amount of time in front of an empty page, or a computer screen. In part, because I’m terrified of being forgotten, of living a life that isn’t worth remembering. So I’m constantly trying to leave something behind, be it poetry, fiction, art or music. While this makes me feel better about dying, there is a part of me that wonders how much I’m missing out on. That wonders about how I’m choosing to spend my time in the light. This poem is featured in my debut book Tell The Birds She’s Gone.

in Short Poems

You cannot
slow the setting
of the sun.
You can only choose

You cannot
slow the setting
of the sun.
You can only choose
how to spend
your time
in the light.
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Life Will Bloom When It Is Ready
- By Vic Lejon
- Published by Family Friend Poems March 2021 with permission of the Author.
in Life Lesson Poems

I keep pulling
on my roots
urging them to grow
impatient for the bloom

I keep pulling
on my roots
urging them to grow
impatient for the bloom
and the sunshine
and the growth
but it doesn’t work like that
tears flow, soil drenches and dries
there have to be some slower days
some rainfall, even snow
—life will bloom when it is ready

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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

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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When You're Next To Me
- By Blake Auden
- Published by Family Friend Poems August 2020 with permission of the Author.
Whenever you were next to me, there was no rest of the world. There were no stars painting light to the darkness, no wind at our backs, no birdsong in the trees. To me, there was only ever you.
Even now, things slow down and pause when I think of you. There are still those little sections of lost time, where everything is drowned out by those unanswerable questions about what might have been.

in Short Love Poems

The world seems
somehow slower
when you are
next to me.

The world seems
somehow slower
when you are
next to me.
As though my senses
cannot focus
on anything
but you.

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The Dark Days Will Pass
- By Harpreet M. Dayal
- Published by Family Friend Poems December 2020 with permission of the Author.
in Short Poems

There will be dark days,
when you feel alone
with your aching heart
but that doesn’t mean

There will be dark days,
when you feel alone
with your aching heart
but that doesn’t mean
you will always be.
The sun will always
peer through the clouds.
Let its light show you
the love you have forgotten.

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I Promise
- By Ian E. Rabbitt
- Published by Family Friend Poems July 2021 with permission of the Author.
Love You Forever Poem

in Poems for Her

I’ll love you
like you’ve never been
loved before
With all my core

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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This Is My Strength
- By Lauren Bowman
- Published by Family Friend Poems May 2021 with permission of the Author.
in Moving On Poems

When you left,
I immediately deleted your number and pictures
and pulled our memories from the wall.
This is my strength.

When you left,
I immediately deleted your number and pictures
and pulled our memories from the wall.
This is my strength.
This is how I know I’ll survive.
I cried as I erased you,
but I erased you anyway.
I wished you back,
but I still opened my hands
and let you go.

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Teach Them Well
- By Kirsten Robinson
- Published by Family Friend Poems June 2021 with permission of the Author.
in Life Lesson Poems

You are not defined
by the way other people
see you
treat you

You are not defined
by the way other people
see you
treat you
love you

You are defined
by the way you
see yourself
treat yourself
love yourself

Others will do unto you
as you teach them how to;
teach them well

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Featured Poets Of Instagram

142 Favorite Poems From Instagram

Finding hope amidst adversity

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.