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The next Friendly Street Poets Words at the Wall event this Wednesday May 16th – 5.30 – 6.15pm (Free entry) features two great poetic greats, Peter Goldsworthy and Aidan Coleman \u2013 two of my favorite contemporary Australian poets.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Peter, born in Minlaton, SA, manages to work as a GP and has also developed an enviable reputation as a writer of fiction, libretti and poetry.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe writes in all genres, including the opera libretto; his novels make their way onto stage and screen; and he has won too many prizes to be listed here. But he pays the usual price for media prominence and multiple glory: all too often, his poetry is thought of as a sideline. On the contrary, it is at the centre of his achievement. No poet who so resolutely avoids the set forms gets quite so much in.\u201d \u00a0(Clive James<\/a>)<\/p>\n

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Aidan, born in Aberystwyth, Wales, has made Adelaide his home for more than twenty years.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>He has had a career in education as well as becoming one of Australia\u2019s rising stars in poetry. Soon after I first met him, just on the release of his first collection, he had a life-threatening stroke. After recovery he also had to re-learn speech and pick up his writing life. (See my review of his first collection Avenues and Runways HERE<\/a>.)<\/p>\n

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Aidan\u2019s latest collection, Asymmetry, is undoubtedly destined for great things: of Aidan Coleman, Les Murray<\/a> says ‘Dizzying imagery, executed with utter control. Coleman’s artistry puts him in the forefront of young poets anywhere.’<\/p>\n

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This is a unique opportunity to see and hear two great Australian poets in one place, at one time, for free.<\/p>\n

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May 16th – 5.30 – 6.15pm<\/p>\n

Treasures Wall, 1st Floor State Library, North Terrace, Adelaide<\/p>\n

M.C. Mike Hopkins (Friendly Street Co-ordinator Words@Wall)<\/p>\n

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