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The Sun Rises * Carl Hitchens

Poetry – Spiritual / Philosophical

SouthWest Writers Anthology 2020


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Through my writing, I strive to act as a voice of cultural, social and political examination, critique and criticism. To that point, I published my first book, Sitting with Warrior, in the hope of promoting better understanding and insight on war and its antecedents.

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New Mexico Poetry

Anthology 2023

A poetry collective

*I am honored to have my poem, Home, included along side the other contributing poets."

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Publishing credits include:

Home (poem), New Mexico Poetry Anthology 2023, Museum of New Mexico Press;

Time Travel, Holes in Our Hearts Anthology, SouthWest Writers, 2023;

The Sun Rises (poem), Seeing the World in 20/20 Anthology, SouthWest Writers, 2020;

Our Planet (human evolution essay), Carl Hitchens–Drumtalk, March 2019;

Thinning of the Veils (poetry book), Carl Hitchens–Drumtalk, June 2018;

Shades of Light (poetry book), iUniverse, 2013;

Sitting with Warrior (historical, point-of-battle, mythicized memoir of NAM warfare), iUniverse, 2010, 2013;

Breath of Fire (poem), Meditations on Divine Names, Moonrise Press,

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Holes in Our Hearts

Anthology: Award Winning Stories

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Holes in Our Hearts won

two awards in the New Mexico Press Women's 2024 Communications Contest.

New Mexico Poetry Anthology 2023 is a Finalist in the 2024 Reading the West Awards sponsored by the Mountains & Plains Independent Booksellers Association.

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Seeing the World in 20/20

Anthology: Award Winning Stories

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Our Planet – Evolution

of Consciousness

Essay: human evolution

© Carl Hitchens 2019

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Thinning of the Veils

Spiritual, socially-relevant poetry and memoir

© Carl Hitchens 2018

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Shades of Light

Poetry revealing the blending of light

and darkness

© Carl Hitchens 2013

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Sitting with Warrior

Historical memoir

and myth

© Carl Hitchens 2013

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of Vietnam War

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