<p><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 1); color: rgba(15, 17, 17, 1)">THE WAYS IN WHICH WE ARE LIKE BIRDS is the third collection of poetry from Elisabeth Pike.</span></p><p></p><p><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 1); color: rgba(15, 17, 17, 1)">This collection speaks to what it is to be a woman today, with all the complexities of identity, childbirth, motherhood, and body image, using the behaviours of birds as a framework: nesting, homing, preening, flight, and song.</span></p><p></p><p><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 1); color: rgba(15, 17, 17, 1)">The poems point back to nature as the constant healer. These grounded yet hopeful reflections on life will appeal to fans of Mary Oliver, Wendell Berry, and RS Thomas.</span></p><p></p><p><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 1); color: rgba(15, 17, 17, 1)">This new collection features poems previously published in There You Are and Voice at the Window, along with many new, unpublished works.</span></p>