Ed Coletti, 79, is a poet, painter, fiction writer, blues harmonica player and middling chess enthusiast. Upon graduation from Georgetown University, he served for three years as an Army Officer, then as a Vocational Rehabilitation Counselor and later as a Business Management Consultant. Coletti holds master’s degrees in both creative writing and in business management.

Recent poems have appeared in ZYSSYVA, The Brooklyn Rail, North American Review, Volt, Spillway, Modern Poetry Quarterly Review, Inflectionist Review, OneArt and So It Goes The Literary Journal of The Kurt Vonnegut Memorial Museum.

Ed Coletti has written well over a dozen poetry books.

He curates the popular blog “No Money In Poetry.” https://edwardcolettispoetryblog.blogspot.com/  He founded and hosts the ongoing Poetry Festivals held at Santa Rosa’s Café Frida Gallery and Stage.

Following the loss of their home to the 2017 wildfire, Ed and Joyce Coletti moved elsewhere within Santa Rosa where they both flourish creatively.