We continue to be pleased and grateful for the wonderful response to Upstate Dim Sum. To subscriber Susan A. Brailove, we are indebted for reassurance that the single error we corrected from our first issue did not amount to "errata," as we indicated in issue number two. Of course, with that error, we have moved cumulatively from erratum to errata.

It seems we've become very efficient in our monthly meetings. During one recent session we considered the poems of guest poet, Ruth Yarrow, plus fourteen to nineteen new poems from each of the three of us. Such efficiency results from a developing sense of shared values plus group-specific modes of communication. Sometimes we will read a poem and simply comment, "That's Yu." which indicates that the poem is a good example of something we have previously noted the author does well. Recently, one of my new poems earned a simultaneous "Aw!" from Hilary and Yu, indicating it was perilously close to precious. No further comment required. We do take time to discuss any poems that present unusual features and we take time with poems that are promising but not quite working. Several poems in this issue, while attributed to the poet who brought them, represent collaborations of the group. We doubt you can spot them but please let us know if you think you have!

in my belly the pull

of earth

the same pain

as this time last year

wish I had the time

to unwind

the curve of the hill

beneath the trees