INTRODUCTION   The poems you are about to read are not in oriental style, maybe they cannot even be defined as poems. They are sentences born to recognise my own suffering, giving the pain the space it needed to freely express itself. What and why do they have to do with Zen? They don't just poin out suffering, but they also try to look deeply, to transform it into a clear mind. Sad or joyful, they did have this property for me and I'm happy to propose them to you as my spiritual medicine.   Tae Bi