Carlos Colón
Born in Shreveport, Louisiana, in 1953
Resides in Shreveport, Louisiana
Bio: Carlos Colón has published more than 1000 poems. He is the author of Haiku Elvis: A Life in 17 Syllables (or Less) and 12 poetry chapbooks. His work has also appeared in Haiku in English (W.W. Norton, 2013) and Tazuo Yamaguchi's Haiku: Art of the Short Poem, a DVD documentary.
Photograph by Rose-Marie Lillian
oval office a square peg
RAW NerVZ Haiku V.2 (1998)
speaking to us
the empty chair
at the poetry reading
Sunday at Four VIII.3 (2001)
chained to the desk
the shell
of a ballpoint pen
Lynx X1:3 (1996)
how heavy
the empty can
of Slim-Fast
First Place, San Francisco International Senryu Contest, 2004
ready to carve
a smile on it
this orange moon
The Heron's Nest II.1 (2002)
lung condition
my one-breath poems
grow shorter
Modern Haiku 41.1 (2010)
Lord's Prayer
a slight tremor
in my father's hand
Modern Haiku 41.1 (2010)
examination room
a deep voice singing
a spiritual
Modern Haiku 41.2 (2010)
neighbor in jail
a single spider lily
in his front yard
sharing the sun: Haiku Society of America Members' Anthology 2010. ed. Scott Mason.
N.p.: Haiku Society of America, 2010
after the ginko—
still there, all the things
I never noticed
Frogpond 34.1 (2011)
old-timer
his strike zone
shrinking
Modern Haiku XXXV.3 (2004)
after thanksgiving
the pool table becoming
the pool table again
South by Southeast X.1 (2003)
babe magnet
she clings to his
refrigerator
RAW NerVZ HAIKU III:1 (1996)