7th century in poetry

Europe

 * Caedmon likely flourishes from approximately 657 to 680 in Northumbria
 * Laidcenn mac Buith Bannaig, Irish (d. 661)

Poets

 * George Pisida, in Greek

Poets

 * Abu 'Afak, from Hijaz, a Jewish poet writing in Arabic
 * Al-Rabi ibn Abu al-Huqayq fl. in Arabia just before the Hejira
 * Eleazar Kalir, from Kirjath-sepher, writing in Hebrew
 * Al-Khansa, in Arabia, early Islamic woman poet
 * Jabal ibn Jawwal, a Jewish convert to Islam, in Arabic

Births of Arab-language poets

 * al-Akhtal (c. 640–710)
 * Kumait Ibn Zaid (679–743)
 * Kuthayyir (ca. 660-ca. 723)

Deaths of Arab-language poets

 * Maymun Ibn Qays Al-a'sha (570–625)
 * Durayd ibn al-Simmah (d. 630)
 * Hassan ibn Thabit (d. c. 674)
 * Labīd (560–661)
 * Qays ibn al-Mullawah (d. 688)
 * al-Tirimmah (died c. 723)

Works

 * Recitation of the Qur'an (approx. 609-632) and compilation of the final version under Uthman (650s?)

Japan

 * Period of introduction of Chinese literature into Japan

Poets

 * Abe no Nakamaro 阿倍仲麻呂 (c. 698 – c. 770) scholar, administrator, and waka poet in the Nara period (surname: Abe)
 * Empress Jitō 持統天皇 (645–703; 702 in the lunisolar calendar used in Japan until 1873), 41st imperial ruler, fourth empress and a poet
 * Kakinomoto no Hitomaro 柿本 人麻呂 (c. 662–710), late Asuka period poet, nobleman and government official; the most prominent poet in the Man'yōshū anthology
 * Princess Nukata 額田王 also known as Princess Nukada (c. 630–690), Asuka period poet
 * Ōtomo no Tabito 大伴旅人 (c. 662–731) poet best known as the father of Ōtomo no Yakamochi; both contributed to compiling the Man'yōshū anthology; member of the prestigious Ōtomo clan; served as governor-general of Dazaifu, the military procuracy in northern Kyūshū, from 728-730
 * Yamanoue no Okura 山上 憶良 (660–733), best known for his poems of children and commoners; has poems in the Man'yōshū anthology

Poets

 * Luo Binwang (640 – 684), Chinese writer and poet, recognized as of the Four Greats of the Early Tang
 * Wang Bo (649 – 676), Tang Dynasty poet
 * Shen Quanqi (650 – 729), Tang Dynasty poet
 * He Zhizhang (659 – 744), Chinese poet of the Tang Dynasty and one of the Eight Immortals of the Wine Cup
 * Chen Zi'ang (661 – 702), Chinese poet of the Tang Dynasty
 * Shangguan Wan'er (664 – 710), Chinese poet, writer, and politician
 * Zhang Jiuling (673 – 740), prominent minister, noted poet and scholar of the Tang Dynasty
 * Emperor Xuanzong of Tang (685 – 762), emperor and poet
 * Meng Haoran (689 or 691 – 740), Chinese poet especially of the landscape, history and legends of Xiangyang
 * Wang Changling (698 – 765), Tang Dynasty poet

Poets

 * Kappe Arabhatta in Kannada
 * Bhartrihari (approx.), writing in Sanskrit

Timeline

 * 600 – Venantius Fortunatus died about this year (born c. 530), Latin poet and hymnodist from Northern Italy
 * 615 – Saint Columbanus died (born 543), Hiberno-Latin poet and writer
 * 625 – Maymun Ibn Qays Al-a'sha born (born 570)
 * 630:
 * Durayd ibn al-Simmah died
 * Princess Nukata 額田王 also known as Princess Nukada, born about this year (died 690), Asuka period poet
 * 640 – al-Akhtal born about this year (died 710)
 * 645 – Empress Jitō 持統天皇 born (died 703; 702 in the lunisolar calendar used in Japan until 1873), 41st imperial ruler, fourth empress and a poet
 * 657 – Caedmon likely flourishes starting about this year (fl. until c. 680) in Northumbria
 * 660:
 * Kuthayyir born about this year (died c. 723)
 * Yamanoue no Okura 山上 憶良 born (died 733), best known for his poems of children and commoners; has poems in the Man'yōshū anthology; Japanese
 * 661:
 * Labīd died about this year (born c. 560); Arabic poet
 * Laidcenn mac Buith Bannaig, died; Irish
 * 662:
 * Kakinomoto no Hitomaro 柿本 人麻呂 born about this year (died 710), late Asuka period poet, nobleman and government official; the most prominent poet in the Man'yōshū anthology
 * Ōtomo no Tabito 大伴旅人 born about this year (died 732) poet best known as the father of Ōtomo no Yakamochi; both contributed to compiling the Man'yōshū anthology; member of the prestigious Ōtomo clan; served as governor-general of Dazaifu, the military procuracy in northern Kyūshū, from 728-730
 * 674 – Hassan ibn Thabit died about this year
 * 679 – Kumait Ibn Zaid born (died 743)
 * 680 – Caedmon, last known to be living about this year (fl. starting 657) in Northumbria
 * 688 – Qays ibn al-Mullawah died
 * 698 – Abe no Nakamaro 阿倍仲麻呂 born about this year (died c. 770) scholar, administrator, and waka poet in the Nara period (surname: Abe)