Jim Morrison

[KipptheCool]

The greatest poet of the 60's. He has amazing artwork. Have any of you read his poems? Here's a sample if you've not:

An angel runs
Through the sudden light
Through the room
A ghost precedes us
A shadow follows us
And each time we stop
We fall

It's just a small piece, but one of my favourites.

[Tabula_Rasa]

he himself called him more of a poet than a singer...
my favourite ... among Jim's poetry is... "Power"

I can make the earth stop in
its tracks. I made the
blue cars go away.

I can make myself invisible or small.
I can become gigantic & reach the
farthest things. I can change
the course of nature.
I can place myself anywhere in
space or time.
I can summon the dead.
I can perceive events on other worlds,
in my deepest inner mind,
& in the minds of others.

I can

I am


(last three lines.. are amazing... it has this deep impact over me everytime I read it)

[Kiba]

I like "Power" its such a "strong" poetry :D i like this
"I can
I Am"

[Mortis Anarchy]

The greatest poet of the 60's. He has amazing artwork. Have any of you read his poems? Here's a sample if you've not:

An angel runs
Through the sudden light
Through the room
A ghost precedes us
A shadow follows us
And each time we stop
We fall

It's just a small piece, but one of my favourites.

Jim Morrison is my lover.;) :D

I LOVE his poetry. Its so amazing.

And I have to agree...Power is one of his best poems.:thumbs_up :thumbs_up :thumbs_up :D

[jon1jt]

The greatest poet of the 60's. He has amazing artwork. Have any of you read his poems? Here's a sample if you've not:

An angel runs
Through the sudden light
Through the room
A ghost precedes us
A shadow follows us
And each time we stop
We fall

It's just a small piece, but one of my favourites.

great thread, kipp. there aren't many musicians that come close to the depth and scope of morrison's mind and poetry, not even dylan (sorry). morrison is a genius, and yet, leonard cohen's poetry, in my opinion, is divine, surpassing even the level of genius. :)

"well i just got into town about an hour ago...." ahhhh.

[kiz_paws]

great thread, kipp. there aren't many musicians that come close to the depth and scope of morrison's mind and poetry, not even dylan (sorry). morrison is a genius, and yet, leonard cohen's poetry, in my opinion, is divine, surpassing even the level of genius. :)

"well i just got into town about an hour ago...." ahhhh.

I heartily agree with everyone's consensus about Morrison. And I raise a glass with you, Jon, on the toast to the genius of Cohen! Yay! :)

[Tabula_Rasa]

This is another amazing poem by Mr. Morrison... The first line is the essence... and how true it is... Amazing!

"I am a guide to the Labyrinth

Monarch of the protean towers
on this cool stone patio
above the iron mist
sunk in its own waste
breathing its own breath"

[Shalot]

I liked Jim Morrison's poetry when I was a teenager. I started listening to "Strange Days" when I was in sixth grade. Then I got "An American Prayer" which is I guess, some of his poetry set to music and I thought it was "deep."

But the older I get, the more his poetry sounds like random words that came from the mind of someone who is on drugs.
I guess I just don't get it anymore.

[Virgil]

Well, I hate to be the spoiler here, but I don't care for Jim morrison's poetry, if you can even call it poetry. In fact if you look at the credits of the good Doors songs, he didn't even write those. The ones I remember seeing that he wrote were fairly poor from what I remember.

Here read through this and tell me it's not crap. I've seen better from high school students.
http://www.huddersfield1.co.uk/poetry/morrisonpoetry.htm

edit: One more thing. If you really dig into it, Krieger and Manzerick are the real artistry (both musically and lyrically) behind The Doors.

[Tabula_Rasa]

TO Shalot:
yes i agree with you.. most of them are just random words...
Like they say for the one who's on drugs...first the drugs work for you.. and then they take over your mind and begin to work against you.. and you cannot help it then.. That was probably the case with... jim morrison as well.

there are some good ones he wrote... which do have depth if nothing else...
thats all i have to say...

even i begin to like them when i was in my teen years...
now when i read his poetry it remind me of his career as the vocalist of The Doors... and the timeless music the band produced...

[kiz_paws]

Well, I hate to be the spoiler here, but I don't care for Jim morrison's poetry, if you can even call it poetry. In fact if you look at the credits of the good Doors songs, he didn't even write those. The ones I remember seeing that he wrote were fairly poor from what I remember.

Here read through this and tell me it's not crap. I've seen better from high school students.
http://www.huddersfield1.co.uk/poetry/morrisonpoetry.htm
When I think of Morrison's poetry, I think of the stuff that your link has provided, Virgil. Love it, and thanks for that link! We all have diverse tastes as to what poetry rocks our world, and hey, this works for me! Yay! :)

[Tabula_Rasa]

works me for me too!
yay... to kiz_paws... :)

[Virgil]

When I think of Morrison's poetry, I think of the stuff that your link has provided, Virgil. Love it, and thanks for that link! We all have diverse tastes as to what poetry rocks our world, and hey, this works for me! Yay! :)


works me for me too!
yay... to kiz_paws... :)

:lol: Oh well. I guess it had the opposite affect. Glad you enjoyed it. Not my cup of tea. But I do like the Doors' music.

[kiz_paws]

:thumbs_up You are sweet, Virgil!

**winks to Tabula**

;)

[stlukesguild]

Virgil... I must agree with you here. While I do like some of the Door's music Morrison's poetry is laughable at best. I agree that it reminds me of student work... the drug addled ramblings of someone whose read a little Blake and little Rimbaud and who certainly is not to be imagined as a peer of either. The best poet of the 1960's? Give me a break! Not Eugenio Montale, Octavio Paz, J.L. Borges, Pablo Neruda, Rafael Alberti, John Ashberry, C.K. Williams, John Berryman, Anthony Hecht, Richard Wilbur, W.S. Merwin...? I wouldn't even think of Morrison as the greatest lyricist... certainly not when there was Bob Dylan.

[Virgil]

Thanks St Lukes. :) Perfectly said.

[Tabula_Rasa]

right on VIRGIL... :thumbs_up

[kiz_paws]

Yeah, Bob Dylan is wicked -- but then there is the poetry of Leonard Cohen, and Irving Layton and ..... and we are now off topic!

Jim Morrison rocks. Rocked. Whatever... :thumbs_up

[Demian]

Yeah, Cohen and Dylan are pretty good. I've been listening to The Future on and off the last few months. Right now, An American Prayer is playing when I'm in my car. I'm driving back down moonlight drive looking for those Indians scattered on the highway and bleeding while saluting the Dawn. Sometimes I wake up to find that Morrison's soul had swept through those speakers and kind of leapt into mine...:thumbs_up

Post Script: Don't let your kids watch The Doors movie. It will wreck them. They will never, ever want to buy another self cleaning oven again. I watched it years ago and I still haven't recovered from the trauma.

[JoanS]

the critics say the poetry of Morrison should be read like philosophy and i agree

[Jeroun]

I read in a music magazine a while ago that there are things musicians shouldn't do: acting & writing poetry like Jim Morrison did. I thought that was strange: you like it or you don't but I don't think it's as bad as some musicians' acting performances.

[stlukesguild]

the critics say the poetry of Morrison should be read like philosophy and i agree

Huh?:confused: In what way? And when did the critics actually start writing about Morrison? I must have missed that chapter in Harold Bloom.

[GussieFinkNotle]

I like listening to it, not reading it. Somehow hearing him read it is the deal breaker for me. I'm a charisma victim, I guess. My babysitter saw The Doors live, said Morrison was hypnotic but that she didn't think that he'd have been so riveting without the other band members backing him up.