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Urban Fledgling
Paperback
Publisher Price: $14.99
ISBN13: 9781916830592
Publisher: Hedgehog Poetry Press
Published: Jan 16 2026
Pages: 36
Weight: 0.12
Height: 0.09 Width: 5.83 Depth: 8.27
Language: English
The poems in 'Urban Fledgling' are rooted in the transition from a gentle life in the Mediterranean to being catapulted back to the challenges of living in the metropolis. They explore the processes by which we change and adapt to the new, fluttering between memories, dreams and realities. Each poem captures a moment of our everyday, moments which shape
A gorgeous collection that is so specific in location, landscape, flora and fauna, it trans-cends place and space to become beautifully universal in experience. A collection to read and reread, to salivate over and savour.
Costantia Manoli - award-winning author of Tomatoes in my Lunchbox
Annie Cowell is a poet who writes with her heart, seeing beauty and possibility in every-thing. In 'Urban Fledgling', she brings her compassion for the ordinary things of the city - 'pigeons fussing over damp bread', 'rats who lurk in the undergrowth', a crying man in a cafe - that other writers may not even notice, let along consider worthy of inclusion in their poetry, and illuminates them with her gorgeous language. The thing I most love about Cowell's work is its accessibility, but this does not make the poems any less lyrical or moving. Cowell is a rare talent and this a collection to be treasured.
Sam Szanto Pushcart nominated poet and author.
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