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Marco Fraticelli

Marco Fraticelli is a poet, musician, editor, publisher, and educator. He has contributed as an executive member of Haiku Canada (1988-2014), and as an editor and publisher of the literary magazine The Alchemist (1974-1987) and the Hexagram Series (1991-2012). His poetry has won awards in Canada, the United States, and Japan. Fraticelli has been invited to provide keynote addresses, read at community events and poetry conferences, facilitate workshops, and judge haiku contests. His most recent collections include haibun – a form that combines story with haiku. He has just completed his first children’s novel, and is currently working on a memoir (of sorts) inspired by Beatles lyrics.