1697 in poetry

Works

• William Cleland, A Collection of several Poems and Verses composed upon various occasions, Scottish
• John Wilmot, 2nd Earl of Rochester, Familiar Letters: Written by the Right Honourable John late Earl of Rochester. And several other Persons of Honour and Quality, English, 2 volumes, London: Printed by W. Onley for Sam Briscoe

  Births

• April 24 - Kamo no Mabuchi 賀茂真淵, Japanese Edo period poet and philologist
• October 16 - Nicholas Amhurst, English poet and political writer
• Mehetabel Wesley, English poet

  Deaths

• October 1 - Moses ben Mordecai Zacuto, kabalistic writer and poet
• December 9 - Scipion Abeille, French surgeon and poet
• Juan del Valle y Caviedes, Spanish Peruvian poet and author
• Ebba Maria De la Gardie, Swedish poet
• Mei Qing, Chinese landscape painter, calligrapher and poet