1697 in poetry

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Works

 * William Cleland (k. 1689), A Collection of several Poems and Verses composed upon various occasions, Scottish
 * John Wilmot, 2nd Earl of Rochester (d. 1680), Familiar Letters: Written by the Right Honourable John late Earl of Rochester. And several other Persons of Honour and Quality, English, 2 volumes, London: Printed by W. Onley for Sam Briscoe

Births
Death years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article:
 * April 24 – Kamo no Mabuchi 賀茂真淵 (died 1769), Japanese Edo period poet and philologist
 * October 16 – Nicholas Amhurst (died 1742), English poet and political writer
 * Mehetabel ("Hetty") Wesley (died 1750), English poet

Deaths
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 * October 1 – Moses ben Mordecai Zacuto (born 1625), kabalistic writer and poet
 * December 9 – Scipion Abeille (year of birth unknown), French surgeon and poet
 * Juan del Valle y Caviedes (born 1645), Spanish Peruvian poet and author
 * Ebba Maria De la Gardie (born 1657), Swedish poet
 * Mei Qing (born c.1623), Chinese landscape painter, calligrapher and poet