• Arthur Johnston, Epigrammata, Scottish poet writing in Latin
• John Lyly, Alexander and Campaspe^[1]
• John Milton, "An Epitaph on the Admirable Dramaticke Poet, W. Shakespeare", printed anonymously in the Second Folio of William Shakespeare's plays
• Johannes Narssius, Gustavidos sive de bello Sueco-austriaco libri tres
• Francis Quarles, Divine Fancies: Digested into epigrammes, meditations and observations^[2]

Death years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article:

• January 1 – Katherine Philips, née Fowler (died 1664), London-born Anglo-Welsh poet
• August 13 – François-Séraphin Régnier-Desmarais (died 1713), French ecclesiastic, grammarian, diplomat and poet in French, Spanish and Latin
• Étienne Pavillon (died 1705), French lawyer and poet
• Rahman Baba (died 1706), Indian Pashto poet
• Wang Wu (died 1690), Chinese painter and poet
• Wu Li (died 1718), Chinese landscape painter and poet

Birth years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article:

• February 23 – Giambattista Basile (born c. 1570), Italian poet, courtier and collector of fairy tales
• February/March – John Weever (born 1576), English poet and antiquary
• July 29 – Samuel Ampzing (born 1590), Dutch clergyman and poet
• August 25 – Thomas Dekker (born 1572), English playwright, writer, pamphleteer and poet
• Ye Wanwan, died this year, according to one source,^[3] or in 1633, according to another^[4] (born 1610), Chinese poet and daughter of poet Shen Yixiu; also sister of women poets Ye Xiaowan and Ye Xiaoluan^[3]
• Last known reference – Henry Reynolds (born 1564), English poet, schoolmaster and literary critic
• Possible date – John Webster (born c. 1580), English Jacobean dramatist and poet

• Poetry
• 17th century in poetry
• 17th century in literature