1697 in poetry

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Works published in English

 * John Wilmot, Earl of Rochester, Familiar Letters: Written by the Right Honourable John late Earl of Rochester. And several other Persons of Honour and Quality, 2 volumes, London: Printed by W. Onley for Sam Briscoe, posthumously published

Births
Death years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article:
 * Nicholas Amhurst (died 1742), English poet and political writer
 * Kamo no Mabuchi 賀茂真淵 (died 1769), Japanese Edo period poet and philologist
 * Richard Savage (died 1743), English poet

Deaths
Birth years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article:
 * Juan del Valle y Caviedes (born 1645), Latin American poet and author
 * Mei Qing (born 1623), Chinese landscape painter, calligrapher, and poet
 * Moses ben Mordecai Zacuto (born 1625), kabalistic writer and poet