1689 in poetry
Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature.
Events
- May 26 - Matsuo Bashō begins the journey described in Oku no Hosomichi on which he visits Kisakata, and later composes a waka about Kisakata's islands.
- Thomas Shadwell becomes Poet Laureate of England.
Works published
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- Aphra Behn, The History of the Nun; or, The Fair Vow-Breaker, Behn died on April 16 of this year
- Charles Cotton, Poems on Several Occasions
- Robert Gould, Poems
- Nathaniel Lee, On the Death of Mrs Behn, Aphra Behn died on April 16 of this year
Other
- Michael Wigglesworth, Riddles Unriddled; or, Christian Paradoxes, a poem published in the 14th edition of Meat Out of the Eater, English Colonial America
Births
Death years link to the corresponding " in poetry" article:- February 25 - Khushal Khattaktak, Pashtun warrior, poet and tribal chief
- May 3 - William Broome, English poet and translator
- May 15 - Lady Mary Wortley Montagu, English aristocrat and writer
- November 18 - Shah Abdul Latif Bhittai, Sufi scholar and saint, poet of the Sindhi language
Deaths
Birth years link to the corresponding " in poetry" article:- January - William Chamberlayne, English poet and playwright
- April 16 - Aphra Behn, English woman playwright and poet
- August 21 - William Cleland, Scottish poet and soldier, killed at Battle of Dunkeld
- October 4 - Quirinus Kuhlmann, German Baroque poet and mystic, burned at the stake
- December 13 - Zbigniew Morsztyn, Polish poet
- date unknown - Gwilym Puw, Welsh Catholic poet and Royalist officer