Archive - Raymond’s Original Poetry Newsletter

a poem for Mary Wilson

another COVID poem that was almost lost

Jul 16 •

Raymond Maxwell

Sailor memories

Here is one that almost slipped through the cracks. Written during the COVID lock down.

Jul 16 •

Raymond Maxwell

June 2025

Post missile launch poem

This poem got lost in the shuffle, only emerging after posting my little piece of micro-fiction in slight reaction to the so-called 12-Day War here:

Jun 27 •

Raymond Maxwell

April 2025

Experimentation in Standard Time

This 2013 poem never made it to Substack.

Apr 15 •

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If Deer Could Speak

another 2013 poem

Apr 14 •

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Memories from Rope-Yarn Wednesdays

Three years from now, as the crow flies,

Apr 13 •

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Sonnet #62 - Government Shutdown

I wrote more poems in 2013, the year of my retirement from State, than any other year in my life.

Apr 13 •

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for a rainy Sunday morning

Here is a sonnet I wrote a few years back, "for a rainy Sunday morning." I was obviously obsessed with penning a sonnet with a standard rhyming pattern.

Apr 13 •

Raymond Maxwell

The USS Thresher - In Memoriam

I wrote this sonnet a few years back to memorialize the loss of the USS Thresher, a fast-attack submarine, with its 129-crew onboard, on April 10, 1963…

Apr 11 •

Raymond Maxwell

April in Baghdad - a poetic memory

I spent a year working in Baghdad in 2008.

Apr 10 •

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Two Sonnets for Prince (and Intro)

Intro: When I think of April, I think of Prince's untimely death nine years ago, in April.

Apr 8 •

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March 2025

Memories from Rope-Yarn Wednesdays

Three years from now, as the crow flies, We plan to make our trans-Atlantic relocation. My favorite coffee cup has a hairline fracture – It may not…

Mar 30 •

Raymond Maxwell

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