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paul Bluestein is an obstetrician (no longer practicing) and blues guitar player (still practicing) who started writing poetry in college but got sidetracked by medical school, songwriting, and playing in a band that never got famous … or paid. More than fifty years later, he returned to writing poetry when he found there were things he wanted to say that did not fit easily into two rhymed verses and a chorus. He lives near a beach where he often walks in the early morning. It’s a place where he can let his mind off the leash to run free. So far, it has always returned, sometimes with an interesting idea in its jaws. In addition to poems and short stories that have appeared in a wide variety of online and print publications, he has had two previous award-winning books of poetry published by Silver Bow Publishing--Time Passages and Fade to Black. |
Throughout his early life, he had no interest in poetry. The hills of meter, form, and convoluted metaphors were difficult to climb and, most often, didn’t seem worth the effort. Nonetheless, he eventually found accessible poems about ordinary people and experiences made extraordinary through the power of words. The world is a remarkable place, but too often, we are blind to the things happening all around us. Everyday events can become like wallpaper—until someone holds them up and says, “Look at this!” At its best, poetry does just that.
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