Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France).
May–June – English Cavalier poet Richard Lovelace is incarcerated in the Gatehouse Prison, Westminster for defying Parliament, during which time he perhaps writes To Althea, from Prison
John Denham, Cooper's Hill, the first example in English of a poem devoted to local description, in this case the Thames scenery around the author's home at Egham in Surrey; the poem was rewritten many times and later received high praise from Samuel Johnson, although Denham's reputation later ebbed
Arthur Johnston, died 1641, Opera, Scottish poet writing in Latin
Sir Francis Kynaston, Leoline and Sydanis
Henry More, Psychodia Platonica; or, A Platonicall Song of the Soul
Alexander Ross, Mel Heliconium; or, Poeticall Honey
John Taylor, Mad Fashions, Odd Fashions, All Out of Fashions; or, The Emblems of those Distracted Times
Death years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article:
Abdul-Qādir Bēdil (died 1720), Persian poet and Sufi
Vincenzo da Filicaja (died 1707), Italian poet
Ihara Saikaku (died 1693), Japanese poet and creator of the "floating world" genre of Japanese prose, ukiyo-zōshi
Thomas Shadwell (died 1692), English poet and playwright who was appointed poet laureate in 1689
Edward Taylor (died 1729), Colonial American poet, physician, and clergyman
Birth years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article:
June 1 – Sir John Suckling (born 1609), English
John Chalkhill (born 1594), English
Francis Kynaston (born 1587), English courtier, poet and translator
James Mabbe (born 1572), English scholar, poet and translator
