Then Now Southeast U.S. David Atkins is a timid

David Atkins is a timid young southern boy when

But charming girl-magnet Ambrose isn't about to be discouraged now that he's met the one he really wants

but his malfunctioning GPS felt otherwise

The Surun' nomads do not speak of the master weaver

Then Now Southeast U.S. David Atkins is a timidFrom one of Canada's most influential poets, poems written in response to the discovery of letters by her father. These poems explore a sense of place and home on Canada's West Coast now on the brink of global climate change. "There Then" permeates any "Here Now" of immigrant consciousness and highlights the impermanent quality of "home."