303 RIVERS The battle of the poet with his pains is both difficult and perfect. It is a difficult battle because he has to put up with defeat and conquest and translate them into beautiful joys. And Hamdi Me?a, through his book Ò303 Mad BattlesÓ, has put up with, defeated, conquered and translated his pains 303 times, thus creating 303 rivers, which will create the vast sea of happiness of every man if they find the gates of mind and soul flung open. Prof. Dr. Uk' ZENEL Bu?papaj