BLAKE AUDEN

Amassing more than 170k Instagram followers, the majority of whom have discovered his words of comfort and inspiration during lockdown, Blake Auden has become one of the UK’s most popular ‘social poets’. By sharing his short, yet powerful, ‘micro poetry’ every day, he’s increasing the form’s popularity, and helping others realise the wellbeing value of expression.

That we’ve all been living in isolation during the digital age presents a blessing of sorts. “Social media has been somewhat vilified in recent years for the negative impact it can have on our mental health, and often, rightly so,” Auden tells me. “But I feel like the ease of communication afforded by these platforms has really helped many of us cope during the