David Adès has been a member of Friendly Street Poets since 1979.  His poetry has been published in numerous journals in Australia and the U.S. with publications also in Israel, Rumania and New Zealand.  His poetry collection “Mapping the World” was commended for the FAW Anne Elder Award 2008.  David's poems have been read on Poetica and have also featured on the U.S. radio poetry program Prosody.  In 2014, David won the University of Canberra Vice-Chancellor's International Poetry Prize and was shortlisted for the Newcastle Poetry Prize.  David currently lives in Pittsburgh.