The biggest influence in my life I'd say is  God .I love many traditional poets from the past and also many comtemporary poets of today as well.They're  too many of them to  mention here.Some of my favorite poets from the past are:Edgar Allen Poe, Elinor Wylie,Robert Service,Helen S. Rice,Robert Frost,Yeats,Robert Louis Stevenson,Longfellows, etc...Some of my favorite authors are: Jane Austen,Tolkien,Rowlins,Bronte, Dr.Seuss, etc..