Hall of Honour // Eden Hitchcock

 

Hall of Honour | Eden Hitchcock 

The crowd flows, current-like, 

into the hall. 

The words on the walls—

the  “In memory”s—

reprint as unspoken tears

on their faces. 

The gentle pulse of their 

murmurs 

and deep blue silences make me 

remember the sea, and the way it 

pulled in 

and dragged out;

the way a small white bird drifted on it 

until it was gone. 

Years ago, 

women watched their children 

be stolen by the tide.

Today,

my mother watches her son 

enlist in the draft.

Eden Hitchcock lives and attends school in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. She enjoys reading and writing in her spare time, and has had both poetry and short stories published in various magazines. 

Honorable Mentions of the Month
These are poems that stood out among the beautiful submissions we received in May 2026:
• “Art Exhibition” by Lynn White

• “Window and Wind” by Anatoly Loginov

~ Selected by Sharisa Aidukaitis

Editor’s Note

Emotional honesty is one thing I deeply respect in creative writing: when a writer does not try to impress, but instead focuses on conveying an idea naturally and sincerely. Eden demonstrates this skillfully in her poem; it is soft, gentle, and easy to read.

~ Daniel Aôndona