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Susan Mansfield poem 'Bearing South' resonates with readers

Original: I want answers, but there are only the wild geese Calling, high in the almost-dark, bearing south, And me, stopped short

Lines from Susan Mansfield's poem 'Bearing South', published in New Writing Scotland 33, are being shared: 'I want answers, but there are only the wild geese / Calling, high in the almost-dark, bearing south, / And me, stopped short, clutching a bag of groceries / On the doorstep of my not-quite home.' Readers are responding to its themes of displacement, migration and belonging.

Why now: The poem's imagery of migration and unbelonging strikes a chord in current debates about immigration and home.

Susan MansfieldNew Writing Scotland

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• I want answers, but there are only the wild geese Calling, high in the almost-dark, bearing south, And me, stopped short, clutching a bag of groceries On the doorstep of my not-quite home… —Susan Mansfield, “Bearing South” from The Rooftop Busker: New Writing Scotland 33 (ASL,… · scotlit@mastodon.scot · 17

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