Poet's Corner

Ad Blimp over Ottawa

by Seymour Mayne

Yes, fly it aloft
above the ground.

There is more than enough
hot air here
to go around.

Seymour Mayne is the author, editor or translator of more than 40 books. His most recent collections include Carbon Filter (Mosaic Press, 1999) and Light Industry (Mosaic Press, 2000), a volume of humorous and satirical poems. Over the years he has helped sustain the Ottawa literary community as Founder of the Sandy Hill (Poetry) Gang.