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11/29/2024 Be like Bee 38 Free verse
11/18/2024 Sources of Happiness 123 Haiku
06/03/2024 Life Around The World 159 Free verse
05/02/2024 The Alarm Clock’s Degree 407 Free verse
01/15/2024 Help Me Reviving The Dreams 256 Free verse
12/09/2023 Tiny Fishes 142 Free verse
05/21/2023 Soft Music 344 Haiku
03/24/2023 Old Man and the Past 504 Free verse
03/03/2023 Cigarette Butt 514 Free verse
02/10/2023 Red Rose of Yesteryear 451 Free verse
02/03/2023 A Pondage 498 Free verse
01/15/2023 Hunter and Monkey 428 Rhyme
01/08/2023 Nose Depicts 295 Haiku
12/25/2022 Nightly Music 315 Haiku
12/19/2022 The Gift Wrapping 329 Free verse
12/19/2022 Little Fire 421 Rhyme
12/19/2022 Silent Love 334 Sonnet
12/18/2022 The Fireflies 302 Rhyme
12/18/2022 The Diamond Ring 314 Verse
10/26/2022 Why Let Me Know 425 Haiku
07/06/2022 Midnight 425 Rhyme
05/17/2022 Errors 617 Haiku
04/07/2022 Smiling of the Winners 577 Rhyme
02/05/2022 To Climb a Tree 286 Haiku
12/25/2021 Midnight 386 Sonnet
07/25/2021 The Memoir 242 Free verse
11/08/2020 Where Is the Sky 506 Haiku
10/09/2020 The Courage 265 Verse
10/09/2020 Multicolor 444 Haiku
10/09/2020 In Darkness 235 Free verse
05/10/2020 Silent City 447 Verse
08/24/2019 Midnight Melody 368 Haiku
01/20/2019 Farewell 327 Verse
03/14/2018 Unscented Flowers 547 Haiku
02/10/2018 You Forgot Me 517 Verse
12/05/2017 Gray Cat 477 Free verse
11/05/2017 Thanksgiving 462 Free verse
10/01/2017 Beautiful Views 585 Free verse
08/27/2017 Where Is My Right 616 Free verse
08/01/2017 Small Bird In the Storm 394 Verse
07/01/2017 Only My Heart 556 Chastushka
05/26/2017 A Hundred Hands 767 Free verse
04/18/2017 To Inhale a Religion 834 Free verse
03/12/2017 A Dainty Smile 427 Verse
01/13/2017 White Cloud 644 Verse
12/17/2016 Confusion 352 Verse
12/06/2016 A Contrast 535 Verse
11/26/2016 A Long-Lasting Birdsong 903 Haiku
09/24/2016 Since I Am Alive 1251 Free verse
08/28/2016 Free-Minded 676 Free verse
07/11/2016 Pretty Petals 442 Verse
06/17/2016 Smile In Dullness 672 Free verse
03/27/2016 Behind the Blind 659 Haiku
02/08/2016 Synthetic Diamond 561 Sonnet
01/10/2016 My Mother's Radio 927 Free verse
10/26/2015 Iced Tea 589 Free verse
09/22/2015 You Are In the Songs 482 Rhyme
08/15/2015 Whistling Nearby the Bed 485 Free verse
12/09/2014 Heaven Ticket 574 Rhyme
12/09/2014 Pulling the Buffalo 841 Free verse
12/06/2014 Two Special Cards 725 Free verse
11/28/2014 Bird of a Brave Man 762 Free verse
11/22/2014 Scent of Ink 669 Sonnet
11/22/2014 The Foggy Days 679 Rhyme
11/22/2014 Let Us Smile 674 Rhyme
11/16/2014 White Mountains 1717 Rhyme
11/16/2014 Another Side of the Fence 646 Rhyme
11/16/2014 While You'Re Sad 553 Rhyme
11/15/2014 Water Drop On Lotus Leaf 1021 Quatrain
11/07/2014 Nostalgic Mood 1052 Rhyme
11/07/2014 The Mirror 586 Verse
11/07/2014 Winter Sunray 657 Rhyme
11/07/2014 Awaiting 'Till Dawn 644 Rhyme
11/01/2014 Aung San Suu Kyi 778 Quatrain
11/01/2014 The Grief 433 Verse
11/01/2014 The Small Bird's Nest 1049 Rhyme
11/01/2014 Wind of the Prairie 762 Free verse
10/25/2014 Reading a Book 829 Quatrain
10/25/2014 The Shape 507 Free verse
10/25/2014 Free Fall 470 Quatrain
10/25/2014 Horizon and the Sea 699 Rhyme
10/17/2014 Girl On the Riverbank 660 Rhyme
10/17/2014 The Farewell Night 614 Rhyme
10/17/2014 Universe 508 Free verse
10/17/2014 Road Life 610 Free verse
10/17/2014 Human Being 715 Sonnet
10/17/2014 Before Sunrise 768 Rhyme
10/17/2014 Cracked Cup 790 Quatrain
10/16/2014 Song In the Colorless Forest 569 Free verse
10/16/2014 The Pink Lotus 1375 Rhyme
10/16/2014 Wind of the Prairie 719 Free verse
10/10/2014 Window Frame 455 Verse
10/10/2014 The Thousand-Mile Walker 540 Verse
10/10/2014 Rocky Mountain Rain 747 Rhyme
10/10/2014 For a Lady Friend 1203 Rhyme
10/03/2014 A Sweet Song 609 Verse
10/03/2014 The Last Whisky 874 Free verse
10/03/2014 Fly Back Home 734 Verse
10/03/2014 Pop Poet 506 Free verse
10/03/2014 My Past 579 Verse
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Xaysouvanh Phengphong

(sy-soo-vun pang-pawng)

Bilingual Poet-Writer and Former Pilot

Born 17 October 1950 in ThaNgone, a small riverside village on NamNgum river, City of Xaythany, Vientiane Capital of Laos. His father was a teacher who read the heritage epic SungSeenSign and others folktales since Xaysouvanh’s elementary years. The KubNgum (regional folk sing along the NamNgum river - a form of poetry) has stuck in the teenager’s head.

Xaysouvanh - the poet: He started writing poems at age of 15, when he was a junior student in Lycée of Vientiane. While a student, he had the opportunity to learn Lao language with three Teachers who are Poets. He was a student of Professor Somchinh Pierre Ngin (President of the Lao Language Academy who was decorated the Gold Medal Award of Italy Poetry) for 2 years. As a senior, Xaysouvanh learned the French literature of the 16th  17th and 18th Centuries. He graduated in the “Mathematics and Sciences of Nature” series certified by the Minister of Education of France in 1969.

Xaysouvanh received his flyer’s wing: He certified from the US Air Force during Vietnam War (1971-73). He then graduated from the Higher Civilian Flying Institute in the Soviet Union in 1976. He became the Antonov-24 Squadron Commander of the National Lao Airlines where he also flew as Instructor-Pilot and Test-Pilot. Xaysouvanh used to be co-pilot of the King’s airplane and the Captain of the President’s airplane in Laos. He served his native country for 16 years before retiring from the sky. He resettled in the United States of America in February 1991. He graduated with a degree as a Certified Computer Programmer in Salt Lake City in 1994.  He became a US Citizen on 11 September 1997.

Xaysouvanh visited more than 20 countries before residing in Salt Lake City, States of Utah, USA.

Recognitions and Awards: Dozens of the Editor’s Certificate of Excellence / PoetryFest Master Workshop Diploma / Received the “Great Poets Across America - Award Winning Poet” Pin of 2013 / The Poetry Gold Medal of Excellence in 2013 / Poet of the Year Awards 2015 and 2016 / The Hall of Fame Awards 2015 and 2017 of the PoetryFest in West Coast.

Members: Premier Member of Poetry Nation, Lifetime Member of the Famous Poets Society (PoetryFest) and Lifetime Member of PoetrySoup where the International Poets posted their works.

Published works: Published works in Laos and Thailand, a short story in France, and a poem in Bulgaria.

In the USA, some short stories and poems are published in the Seang Khaen magazine of San Diego, CA. One poem is chronicled in the “AMERICA AT THE MILLENNIUM - The Best Poems and Poets of the 20th Century”,  “Great Poems of the Western World” 2010 and 2015”, “International Who’s Who in Poetry” 2012,  “The Best Poets of 2013”,  “American Poets” 2016 and about 2 dozen of poetry collection books in East and West Coasts. 

 Self-published books: “To Paint the World with Letters”, “Mountain Stream”, “Escape Self-shadow”, “The Unfinished Painting”, “Leaves in the Wind” in Lao language. 

“Unique Moon”, “Dancing Flame” and ”White Cloud” in American language.

“Birds of Ten Autumn” novel in Lao language in 2018 (used to publish in Laos and in Thailand). 

Edited “SungSeenSign - the Heritage Epic of Lao Ethnic” 2020. Edited “The Cranky Boy” - a Famed Lao Folktale in 2021. Crafted “Sew Swart” an Epic of 17th Century in today’s language.       


Book: Reflection on the Important Things