1723 in poetry

Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France).

Colonial America

 * Samuel Keimer, Elegy on the Much Lamented Death of [. . .] Aquila Rose, a verse memorial memorable for having been set in type by Benjamin Franklin, then an employee of Keimer, a printer in Philadelphia
 * Francis Knapp, attributed, Gloria Britannorum; or, The British Worthies
 * Edward Taylor, A Funerall Teare [. . .] an elegy on Increase Mather

Great Britain

 * Henry Baker, An Invocation of Health
 * Sir Richard Blackmore, Alfred: An epick poem
 * Ambrose Philips, Ode on the Death of William, Earl Cowper
 * Matthew Prior:
 * Down-Hall
 * The Turtle and the Sparrow
 * Allan Ramsay, The Fair Assembly
 * Edward Ward, Nuptial Dialogues and Debates

Works published in other languages

 * Jean Baptiste Rousseau, Ode et Cantates, first published in London; French

Births
Death years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article:
 * January 27 – Johann Andreas Cramer (died 1788), German poet, writer and theologian
 * November 30 – William Livingston (died 1790), English Colonial American public official, poet and writer
 * Also:
 * Samuel Davies (died 1761), English Colonial American clergyman, president of Princeton University, author and poet

Deaths
Death years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article:
 * Isaac Chayyim Cantarini (born 1644), Italian poet, writer, physician, rabbi and preacher
 * Thomas D'Urfey (born 1653), English writer of plays, songs, and poetry, in addition to writing jokes
 * Sarah Fyge Egerton (born 1670), English
 * Sarah Fyge
 * Johann Christian Günther, German poet (born 1695)