When putting together graphics for your poetry posts, give your text a little room to breathe. This will give your post more visual appeal.

It is best to avoid cramming your poem text into an image, and squashing it against the edges. The easiest way around this is to imagine that there are invisible margins around the edge of your image. Avoid these completely, leaving a designated “white space”.

If you are cropping a poetry post to Instagram’s dimensions, try to leave extra room around the edges.

The same goes for overlaying text upon an image. It’s best to not have your text going over particularly detailed areas, as this can obscure your text AND the image. Try to work within the free space (or “white space”) of the image. If it’s too difficult to do, you may consider choosing a more suitable image.