the small blue: poems

What is the small blue? It is a condition. It is a fragmented mood disorder. It is a lyric state, a meditation that moves backward, an exercise in psychic time. It includes impressions, forgotten bits, broken lyricism, biographical sketches. the small blue a feeling or perhaps the distant translation of a feeling. It is the literal translation of an obscure line from Apollinaire: le petit bleu. What is the small blue? It is a book of fragments.

Jay Millar is a poet, publisher and bookseller. He is the proprietor of Bookthug Press and the author of many privately published editions. The Ghosts of Jay Millar, his first ''real'' book, was also published by Coach House Books. He lives in Toronto with his wife, Hazel, and their son, Reid.

Jay Millar is a poet, publisher and bookseller. He is the proprietor of Bookthug Press and the author of many privately published editions. The Ghosts of Jay Millar, his first ''real'' book, was also published by Coach House Books. He lives in Toronto with his wife, Hazel, and their son, Reid.