1st Place Award Winner
The Sun Rises * Carl Hitchens
Poetry – Spiritual / Philosophical
SouthWest Writers Anthology 2020
About Me
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."
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.
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Seeing the World in 20/20
Anthology: Award Winning Stories
© Copyright SouthWest Writers Workshop 2020
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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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