1691 in poetry

• Richard Ames:
  • The Female Fire-Ships: A satyr against whoring, published anonymously^[1]
  • Islington-Wells; or, The Threepenny-academy, published anonymously^[1]
• Benjamin Keach, Spiritual Melody^[1]
• Nahum Tate, Characters of Vertue and Vice, a verse paraphrase of Joseph Hall's Characters of Vertues and Vices, a 1608 prose work^[1]
• Edward Ward, The Poet's Ramble After Riches, published anonymously^[1]
• John Wilmot, Earl of Rochester, Poems, &c. on Several Occasions: with Valentinian, a Tragedy, London: Printed for Jacob Tonson, posthumously published^[2]

• Seán Clárach Mac Domhnaill (died 1754), Irish poet

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

• March 1 – Sultan Bahu (born 1628), Muslim Sufi saint and poet
• October 10 – Isaac de Benserade (born 1613), French poet
• Mathias Balen (born 1611), Dutch historian and poet
• Probable date – Samuel Pordage (born 1633), English poet and cleric

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