Carlos Colón
Born 1953 in Shreveport Louisiana, USA
Living in Shreveport, Louisiana, USA
Carlos Colón
at the hazardous
waste site
an eight-leaf clover
Point Judith Light II.2 (1993)
overtaken
by weeds
the road not taken
Haiku Headlines X:3 (1997)
six k places i at t once t this e new n
published in Mirrors, Winter 1995, as part of "One Eight Hundred,"
a linked poem written with Marlene Mountain
zen concert
an air guitar
slightly out of tune
published in RAW NerVZ HAIKU III:1 (1996) as part of "Mardi Gras Parade,"
a renga written with Alexis K. Rotella
pointing
my way home
the starfish
published in RAW NerVZ HAIKU III:1 (1996) as part of "Mardi Gras Parade,"
a renga written with Alexis K. Rotella
best intentions
a blank card
wishing you well
South by Southeast IX.2 (2002)
cassette tape
sound of the tonearm reaching
the last groove
Frogpond XXVI.2 (2003)
corncob smoke
the sound of a hound
in the hunter's moon
Haiku Headlines XV.7 (2002)
hose left on
the low spot in the yard
filling with sparrows
Haiku Headlines XV.5 (2002)
strawberry blonde reading thackeray with a daiquiri
published in RAW NerVZ HAIKU VII.2 (2001) as part of a rhymga (a rhyming renga) written with Marlene Mountain
staff lounge chess game
a pawn on the verge
of promotion
Woodnotes 29 (1996)
running
all the red lights
funeral procession
Frogpond XX.1 (1997)
walking on water the shadow of a lost sheep
published in Lynx XIV.2 (1999) as part of "Walking on Water,"
a linked poem written with Jim McMillan
all the poems
I've written
melting snow
Frogpond 33.1 (2010)
in the wrong
place again
my accent
Cärlōs Cólòñ
From a Kind Neighbor: Haiku Society of America
Members' Anthology 1997