The Ways in Which We Are Like Birds

<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This new collection features poems previously published in There You Are and Voice at the Window along with many new unpublished works.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>