Best Poetry and Creative Writing Newsletters in 2026

NewsletterFIT tracks 6 newsletters that cover Poetry and creative writing as a primary topic, 5 of them with posts in the last 90 days. By publicly shown subscriber count, the largest are Darby’s Substack (5K).

Updated Nov 11, 2026 · sorted by publicly shown subscribers · methodology

  1. 1
    Darby’s Substack5K subscribers

    SubstackMonthly or less · last post 17 days ago

    Stuff on art, life and muddling through. I'm a writer and artist from Melbourne, Australia.

    Likely audience: artists

  2. 2

    SubstackWeekly · last post 6 days ago

    Roads, Roots, Music: exploring the history and culture and stories of the road song

    Likely audience: Substack readers

  3. 3

    SubstackWeekly · last post 10 days ago

    Essays on transition, belonging, place, and the life between root and sky. Reflections from the Algarve coast. Carrying our losses as carefully as our loves.

    Likely audience: readers interested in personal growth

  4. 4

    SubstackWeekly · last post 16 days ago

    letters for living at the intersection of sorrow + joy.

    Likely audience: patients recovering from long hospitalization

  5. 5

    SubstackMonthly or less · last post 24 days ago

    Fiction and poetry in meter. You’ll find gravity, levity, and sublimity here. No AI of any kind ever.

    Likely audience: readers of literary newsletters

  6. 6

    Substacklast post Nov 3, 2025

    From recent posts: The article is a poetic, first-person narrative exploring themes of love, betrayal, and emotional exhaustion through metaphorical imagery of nature and celestial bodies. It concludes with a direct call to action to subs…

    Likely audience: Creative writers

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