Kim Taplin Explained

Kim Taplin (1943–2024) was an English poet and non-fiction writer. She studied English at Somerville College, University of Oxford.^[1] Her death was announced on 10 April 2024. She was 80.^[2]

Work

Taplin published several collections of poetry, and non-fiction works. The English Path was noted in the British Council's "Best books" in 1984,^[3] and Tongues in Trees: Studies in Literature and Ecology was reviewed in Poetry Review in 1990.^[4] Her 1993 work Three Women in a Boat retraces the journey of Jerome K. Jerome's Three Men in a Boat. She wrote several articles for Resurgence magazine.^[5]

Her poem "Trying for truth" was included in a 1991 collection Elected friends: poems for and about Edward Thomas.

Publications

• The English Path (1979, Boydell Press ; 2nd ed 1999,Perry Green Press,)
• Muniments (1987, Jackson's Arm,)
• Tongues in Trees: Studies in literature and ecology (1989, Green Books,)
• By the Harbour Wall (1990, Enitharmon Press,)
• Three Women in a Boat (1993, Impact Books,)
• Journeywork : writing from the Whitehill workshops (editor; 1997,)
• For People with Bodies (1997, Flarestack,)
• From Parched Creek (2001, Redbeck,)
• Snow Buntings at Barton Point (2006, Sixties Press,)
• Walking aloud : rambles in the Cherwell Valley (2008, Wychwood Press,)
• Days off in Oxfordshire (2011, Wychwood Press,)

Notes and References

1. Book: Harvey. Anne. Elected friends: poems for and about Edward Thomas. 1991. Enitharmon Press. 9781870612722. 133. 26 January 2016.
2. News: Taplin . Phoebe . Kim Taplin obituary . 11 April 2024 . The Guardian . 10 April 2024.
3. Best books. British Book News. 1984. 389. 26 January 2016.
4. Gascoyne. David. review. The Poetry Review. 1990. 80. 12–13. 26 January 2016.
5. Web site: Author profile: Kim Taplin. Resurgence and Ecologist. 26 January 2016.