[1] He worked as a reference librarian at the Shreveport Memorial Library until his retirement.

[citation needed] The following is a famous haiku of his:[4] waste site He has written poetry books with Alexis Rotella.

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

[2] Shreveport also had an art project called "Highway Haiku" between 2002 and 2006, where Colón contributed two poems that were featured on billboards in the city.

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