Is there a fine line between poetry and storytelling or can they be the same. I'm going to do another one of those "If you don't know who this person is, you should" kind of posts. This time I will talk about Miranda July.
Who is she? She is a writer of many sorts; she writes plays, she writes movies, her first being "You and Me and Everyone We Know" and "The Future" being her latest. She also has a book, "No One Belongs Here More Than You". She is a performer. She does everything and everything she does is amazing.
In her work, she has this unique ability to describe everything so perfectly. On explaining two friends growing apart, she says: "We were kites flying in opposite directions attached to strings held by one hand".
There was a poem in the Sleeping on the Wing book that reminded me of one of Miranda July's writings. The poem from the book was written by Frank O'Hara and the title was "A True Account of Talking to the Sun at Fire Island". In this poem, the speaker has a casual conversation with the sun. Now, if you watch this youtube link, you will see the connection I made. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A8OQassYB_4
She also has a poem called "This Person" that is interesting. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lluX-45ap4E You should start it at the five minute mark to avoid an uninteresting introduction.
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