Carlos Colón

Carlos Colón (23 April 1953 – 30 October 2016) was an American poet. He primarily wrote English-language haiku and concrete poems. During his lifetime, he published over 12 chapbooks and over 1,400 poems published in a variety of journals including Modern Haiku and Frogpond.

He later was nicknamed Haiku Elvis due to the Elvis costume he would wear to do public readings of his poetry.

Biography Colón was born in Shreveport, Louisiana and lived there for most of his life. He earned his bachelor's degree from Louisiana State University Shreveport and a master's degree in library science from Louisiana State University.

He died from a heart attack at age 63.

Haiku The following is a famous haiku of his:

He has written poetry books with Alexis Rotella.

He has written several "visual haiku", sometimes known as "eye-ku". He was a consultant about visual haiku for the book Haiku in English: The First Hundred Years.

His chapbook Mountain Climbing was dedicated to Marlene Mountain, among other authors.

Honors and awards In Shreveport, a mural called "Let the Good Times Roll" features one of his haiku.

His work has been featured in Tazuo Yamaguchi's Haiku: The Art of the Short Poem film.

Shreveport Regional Arts Council Literature Fellowship, 2002 Caddo Parish Poet Laureate, 2014