___ Behind the Blind: 10. My Dream Leader

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Xaysouvanh (sy-soo-vun pang-pawng) 17 October 1950-... ,
is a 16 years Transport Pilot for Laos; The US Air Force certified Pilot in Vietnam War (1970-1973); Captain, Instructor Pilot, Test Pilot, Antonov-24 Squadron Commander for Lao Aviation - the Lao national airlines (1975-1986). At 15, Xay wrote poems in middle school. Later, hundreds of his poems and short stories appeared in public. His novel: Birds of Ten Autumns has been published in Laos and in Thailand; The God’s Liquor; Buffalo Passengers the short story compilations were published soon after. Xay's short story published in the europe magazine in Paris, France and the Mother poem in Bulgaria. Xay’s poems Unique Moon published in America at The Millennium - The Best Poems and Poets of the 20th Century; Unseasoned Snow and Fallen Yellow Leaves published in the Great Poems of the Western World volumes; The Pink Lotus published in Sunflowers and Seashells: Days Remembered compilation; Horizon and The Sea poem and Fireflies poem were respectively published in the Great Poets Across America and in the International Who’s who in Poetry compilations. He has put Seo Swart the Lao classic tales of the 18th Century into 45 poems in Lao poetry form of today…
His awards: Great Poets Across America; Poetry Gold Medal of Excellence in 2013; Poet of the Year 2015, 2016 Awards; Hall of Fame Poet Awards 2016, 2017 of the PoetryFest; The medal of Inherited Poet of Lao Legendary Pangkham 2014 and Gold Medal Poet of the Lao Poetry Society Worldwide 2016…
Xaysouvanh traveled in more than 20 countries before becoming US citizen and residing in West Valley City, Utah since 1991. Lifetime Member of The Famous Poets Society since 2010. Member of the Academy of American Poets since 2017.

___ Behind the Blind

10. My Dream Leader

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