antonin philips
was born in Boston Town, USA
in 1945 . . . a poet by birth . . .
his mother taught him French
" because she spoke it very well..."
self-taught artist and photographer,
he studied botany, fishery and zoology;
mammals and birds of Brittish Colombia;
lovers of butterflies and small insects . . .
he wrote extensively on the lives
of Amazonia rare and endangered
amphibians and reptiles . . .
his poems are " what i feel
in the instant ( . . . ) i don't ask
questions . . . i write for myself.
i just do it."
le rat
est fou (. . .)
il se tape
la tête contre
les murs,
il est
mort . . .
-- antonin philips 1952///
photograph by AP 2008. . .
" drills, tools in an old mill " France.
