1689 in poetry

Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France). May 26 – Matsuo Bashō begins the journey described in Oku no Hosomichi ("Narrow road to the interior") on which he visits Kisakata, and later composes a waka about Kisakata's islands. Thomas Shadwell becomes Poet Laureate of England. 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 Michael Wigglesworth, Riddles Unriddled; or, Christian Paradoxes, a poem published in the 14th edition of Meat Out of the Eater, English Colonial America Death years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article: February 25 – Khushal Khattaktak (born 1613), Pashtun warrior, poet and tribal chief May 3 (bapt.) – William Broome (died 1745), English poet and translator May 15 – Lady Mary Wortley Montagu (died 1762), English aristocrat and writer November 18 – Shah Abdul Latif Bhittai (died 1752), Sufi scholar and saint, poet of the Sindhi language Birth years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article: January – William Chamberlayne (born c.