17th century in poetry

Denmark

 * Thomas Kingo, Aandelige Siunge-Koor ("Spiritual Choirs"), hymns, some of which are still sung

Other

 * Martin Opitz, Das Buch der Deutschen Poeterey ("A Book of German Poetics"), Germany

Danish poets

 * Anders Arrebo (1587–1637)
 * Anders Bording (1619–1677)
 * Thomas Kingo (1634–1703)
 * Ludvig Holberg (1684–1754), Danish/Norwegian poet and playwright

German poets

 * Barthold Heinrich Brockes (1680–1747)
 * Paul Gerhart (1607–1676)
 * Andreas Gryphius (1616–1664)
 * Joachim Neander (1650–1680)
 * Martin Opitz (1597–1639)

Norwegian poets

 * Petter Dass (1647–1707)
 * Dorothe Engelbretsdatter (1643–1716)
 * Ludvig Holberg (1684–1754), Danish/Norwegian poet and playwright

Swedish poets

 * Georg Stiernhielm (1598–1672)
 * Samuel Columbus (1642–1679)
 * Urban Hiarne (1641–1724)
 * Lars Wivallius (1605–1669)
 * Lars Johansson (1638–1674)
 * Gunno Eurelius Dahlstierna (1661–1709)
 * Samuel Triewald (1688–1743)
 * Jacob Frese (1691–1729)
 * Johan Runius (1679–1713)

Italian, Latin-language poets

 * Gerolamo Aleandro (1574–1629), Italian, Latin-language poet

Japanese poets

 * Kada no Azumamaro 荷田春満 (1669–1736), early Edo period poet, philologist and teacher as well as poetry tutor to one of the sons of Emperor Reigen; together with Keichū, co-founder of the kokugaku ("national studies") intellectual movement
 * Kamo no Mabuchi 賀茂真淵 (1697–1769), Edo period poet and philologist
 * Matsuo Bashō 松尾 芭蕉 (1644–1694), the most famous Edo period poet, recognized for his works in the collaborative haikai no renga form; now more recognized as a master of haiku
 * Naito Joso (1662–1704), Genroku period haiku poet, a principal disciple of Bashō
 * Nishiyama Sōin 西山宗因, born Nishiyama Toyoichi 西山豊一 (1605–1682), early Tokugawa period haikai-no-renga (comical renga) poet who founded the Danrin ("talkative forest") school of haikai poetry
 * Nozawa Bonchō 野沢 凡兆 (c. 1640 – 1714), haikai poet
 * Sonome 斯波 園女 (1664–1726), woman poet, friend and noted correspondent of Matsuo Bashō
 * Takarai Kikaku 宝井其角, also known as "Enomoto Kikaku" (1661–1707), haiku poet and disciple of Matsuo Bashō

Persian-language poets

 * Abul Ma'āni Abdul Qader Bedil also known as "Abdol-Qader Bidel Dehlavi" (1642–1720)
 * Zeb-un-Nissa Makhfi (1637–1702)
 * Sheikh Bahaii, Scientist, architect, philosopher, and poet (1546-1620)

South Asia

 * Akho (1591–1659), poet, Vedantist and radical
 * Rupa Bhavani (1621–1721), Indian, Kashmiri-language poet
 * Arnos Paathiri, also known as "Johann Ernst Hanxleden" (1681–1732), a German Jesuit priest, missionary in India and a Malayalam/Sanskrit poet, grammarian, lexicographer, and philologist
 * Premanand (poet) (1640–1700) nonreligious Indian poet who wrote originally in Hindi, but when reprimanded by his guru, switched to Gujarati, which he vowed to develop into a language of fine literary expression
 * Wali Muhammad Wali, Wali Deccani (1667–1707), Urdu-language poet
 * Mirza Mazhar Jan-e-Janaan (1699–1781), Urdu-language poet