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Maxwell "Max" Sebastian Burchett is president of the charity Golden Hearts that provides support to Ukrainian war refugees. He originated the "Good Day" concept and is leading the campaign to establish "Good Day" as a designated day, nationally recognized as "a day for doing a little extra good." Max is a singer-songwriter from Dallas, Texas. His poems "Until Then" and "I Dream" have been used as lyrics in pop songs of the same names (https://soundcloud.com/maxburchett/i-dream). His music and writing were featured on UK Talk Radio and on their website (https://uktalkradio.org/max-burchett-dog-days/). His writing interests include fiction, non-fiction and poetry. Most recently Max has included in his poetry and non-fiction publications themes developed from his work with Ukrainian war refugees. His poetry style has been influenced by the greats, including Frost, Elliot, Poe and Whitman. Max's short story “Covid Love” was featured in the July 2023, 111th issue of 34thParallel Magazine (https://www.34thparallel.net/34mag-111.html) and his "New Frontiers" poetry trilogy was featured in the October 2023 issue of INTERALIA Magazine (https://www.interaliamag.org/poetry/maxwell-sebastian-burchett-poems/). His romance mystery novel on post-Putin Russia “Red Star Rising” is releasing as serial episodes on Kindle and an anthology of his poems will be released later this year. and an anthology of his poems will be released later this year. Max's poems "Me to You" and "Three Whispered Words" are included in the anthology 'Is there Ever an End' published in November 2023 (https://www.amazon.com/There-Ever-End-Various/dp/B0CNZKNSN7). Max Burchett and his brother started delivering food and letters of encouragement to staff at local hospitals during covid, and that grew into the charity Golden Hearts. After covid the charity’s efforts were refocused on helping Ukrainian war refugees, and the homeless, who are basically refugees in their own country. His observations from work with war refugees and the homeless have led him to write stories and songs that attempt to convey the situation to a broader audience.

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Abyss of Addiction
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The Gift
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Unknown Soldiers
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Ukraine
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Good Day
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Glory to the Departed
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Peace
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Three Whispered Words
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Me to You
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Until Then
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The Man on Chapman Road
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Refugee
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Hero
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Our Mission
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Black Swans
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Veritas
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Triad of Troubles
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After the Rain
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It Happened In A Dream
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Can't Go Back
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The Voyage
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Again
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Running On
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Betrayal
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Twos
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3 Comments
  • ritchiechelle
    Just to say you are my joint favourite pet!! Keep going. Would love to collaborate. ...
    LikeReply 21 year ago
    • cokerrogers
      glad to see your comment chelle:-)
      LikeReply3 months ago
  • NightingalePrince
    Gosh, sir. I suppose you have a golden heart as well. Be blessed.
    LikeReply 11 year ago
    • MaxwellBurchett
      Thanks, Benjamin!! Best to you there!! Max
      LikeReply 11 year ago
  • riskx
    Thank you all for your kind comments on my poems. Greatly appreciated! Max
    LikeReply 31 year ago

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