Colin Simms (born 1939) is a British biologist, curator and poet.
[1] Simms was appointed Keeper of Biology at the Yorkshire Museum in 1964.
[3] Simms has produced several collections, and more than forty pamphlets, of poetry, inspired by wildlife and the natural world.
[4] These varied works were collected into a series of publications, organised by the subject, by Shearsman Books.
[1] In a 2015 Guardian review of Hen Harrier Poems, Simms' poetry of the last half-century was described as of "huge importance, thrilling for the rigour and commitment of its vision".