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袗屑械褉懈泻邪薪褋褜泻邪 屑芯谢懈褌胁邪
袙懈写邪胁薪懈褑褌胁芯 芦袩鈥櫻徯叫感� 泻芯褉邪斜械谢褜禄 胁懈写邪谢芯 褋胁芯褞 写褉褍谐褍 泻薪懈卸泻褍 芦袗屑械褉懈泻邪薪褋褜泻邪 屑芯谢懈褌胁邪禄 鈥� 写芯胁谐芯芯褔褨泻褍胁邪薪械 薪邪泄锌芯胁薪褨褕械 蟹褨斜褉邪薪薪褟 褌胁芯褉褨胁 袛卸懈屑邪 袦芯褉褉褨褋芯薪邪. 袛芯 薪械褩 胁褏芯写褟褌褜 褌褉懈 蟹斜褨褉泻懈 锌芯械蟹褨褩, 械褋械 褌邪 泻褨薪芯褋褑械薪邪褉褨泄, 褍褋械, 芯泻褉褨屑 褌械泻褋褌褨胁 锌褨褋械薪褜 写谢褟 褉芯泻-谐褉褍锌懈 芦The Doors禄, 谢褨写械褉芯屑 褟泻芯褩 斜褍胁 袦芯褉褉褨褋芯薪. 袧邪写 泻薪懈卸泻芯褞 锌褉邪褑褞胁邪谢懈 锌械褉械泻谢邪写邪褔 袦褨褉械泻 袘芯写薪邪褉, 褏褍写芯卸薪懈泻 袣褨褉褨谢 袣褨褉褨谢谢芯胁, 褉械写邪泻褌芯褉 锌械褉械泻谢邪写褍 啸褉懈褋褌懈薪邪 袦懈褏邪泄谢褞泻, 褉械写邪泻褌芯褉 携褉芯褋谢邪胁 袛芯胁谐邪薪, 泻芯褉械泻褌芯褉 袗谢谢邪 袞褍褉邪胁邪 褨 写懈蟹邪泄薪械褉懈 袛械薪懈褋 袨胁褔邪褉 褌邪 挟褉邪 袘邪褋邪褉邪斜.
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First published January 1, 1970
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Jim Morrison
107听books1,090听followersJames Douglas Morrison was an American singer, poet, songwriter, writer, and film director. He is best known as the lead singer and lyricist of The Doors, and is widely considered to be one of the most charismatic and influential frontmen in rock music. He was also the author of several books of poetry and the director of a documentary and short film.
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March 13, 2024
"The Lizard King" was undoubtedly a poet, and he made a feather with his tail.
For die-hard fans, this book will be a precious Bible, a hymnal of the hallucinatory and lyrical hymns of a legend; for others, it will be a Rimbaldian poetic collection, a shamanic flight drawing its incantatory power from Blake or Huxley.
In short, this book is to put in each hand. A bilingual version of precise or hermetic poetry will make you travel far and high鈥攜ou're lost in a Roman desert, of lost pain, to Alabama aboard the Ship of Fools or even passengers of torment in the crystal ship.
For die-hard fans, this book will be a precious Bible, a hymnal of the hallucinatory and lyrical hymns of a legend; for others, it will be a Rimbaldian poetic collection, a shamanic flight drawing its incantatory power from Blake or Huxley.
In short, this book is to put in each hand. A bilingual version of precise or hermetic poetry will make you travel far and high鈥攜ou're lost in a Roman desert, of lost pain, to Alabama aboard the Ship of Fools or even passengers of torment in the crystal ship.
August 7, 2012
Jim Morrison's poetry changed my perspective on life. It opened up a whole new world to me, one that is completely limitless. His imagery is dark, dangerous, and beautiful.
September 20, 2015
Singer, dissolute, drunk - James Douglas Morrison was all of these things. But, most of all, he was a master of the use of language. These pieces are spoken visions more than poems, and for that reason are best listened to on the album of the same name as the book, vividly recounted in the manner he interprets them himself. Words rise and coil, like audible wisps of smoke, into ephemeral images of his own exotic creation as he works magic with them. It is no less than genius at play.
As he said of himself: "I'll always be a word man, better than a bird man ..."
Luke F. D. Marsden (author of Wondering, the Way is Made)
As he said of himself: "I'll always be a word man, better than a bird man ..."
Luke F. D. Marsden (author of Wondering, the Way is Made)
August 2, 2010
Jim Morrison is god. That's all i have to say. One of the most inteligent human beings that ever stepped on earth.
February 27, 2008
It shows me the way to the next whiskey bar...
January 2, 2024
An American Prayer is a collection of poems written by sexy, enigmatic, genius, writing prowess, the Lizard King, Jim Morrison.
Jim is one of those historical figures of American pop culture that fascinates me the most. His genius mind is so ahead of his time and his years. His work on the Doors, though short, left a mark on the music that will live on for years to come.
I consumed An American Prayer through an album that the surviving the Doors members released after Jim鈥檚 passing by adding background music to his spoken poetry.
Jim鈥檚 poems reflects on his nihilistic views of life. He talks about metaphysical stuff like spirituality, divinity, and the dark, and macabre side of a human鈥檚 life. Don鈥檛 expect Jim to write flowery poems about love and sunshine and rainbows. His poems can be twisted and disturbing; Jim was obsessed with death and the afterlife. The poems range between describing a bad acid trip to depressive rambles. But there are poems that are kinda funny (like the BlackPolished Chrome) which provides a break from all the grim theme of his written works.
Despite all these, I enjoy hearing Jim鈥檚 low and sultry voice when he speaks and he sings. Maybe not so much when he screams since it scared the shizz out of me when I first heard it here. Overall, in my simplistic mind, I鈥檓 just beyond amazed he wrote this (and the songs he written for the Doors). It shows how wise and aware he is of the metaphysical aspect of life and the world.
If youre a fan of music, the Doors, history, or poems by celebrities, give this one a try and you will find out how much of a wunderkid Jim was.
Jim is one of those historical figures of American pop culture that fascinates me the most. His genius mind is so ahead of his time and his years. His work on the Doors, though short, left a mark on the music that will live on for years to come.
I consumed An American Prayer through an album that the surviving the Doors members released after Jim鈥檚 passing by adding background music to his spoken poetry.
Jim鈥檚 poems reflects on his nihilistic views of life. He talks about metaphysical stuff like spirituality, divinity, and the dark, and macabre side of a human鈥檚 life. Don鈥檛 expect Jim to write flowery poems about love and sunshine and rainbows. His poems can be twisted and disturbing; Jim was obsessed with death and the afterlife. The poems range between describing a bad acid trip to depressive rambles. But there are poems that are kinda funny (like the BlackPolished Chrome) which provides a break from all the grim theme of his written works.
Despite all these, I enjoy hearing Jim鈥檚 low and sultry voice when he speaks and he sings. Maybe not so much when he screams since it scared the shizz out of me when I first heard it here. Overall, in my simplistic mind, I鈥檓 just beyond amazed he wrote this (and the songs he written for the Doors). It shows how wise and aware he is of the metaphysical aspect of life and the world.
If youre a fan of music, the Doors, history, or poems by celebrities, give this one a try and you will find out how much of a wunderkid Jim was.
August 2, 2017
锌械褉褕邪 褋锌褉芯斜邪 褉芯蟹谐芯褉薪褍褌芯谐芯 胁褨写谐褍泻褍.
袣薪懈谐邪 屑褨褋褌懈褔薪芯谐芯 薪械 锌芯斜芯褞褋褜 褑懈褏 褋谢褨胁 - 锌芯械褌邪-褕邪屑邪薪邪.
袣薪懈谐邪 谢褞写懈薪懈, 褟泻邪 锌芯胁懈薪薪邪 斜褍谢邪 褋褌邪褌懈 屑褨褎芯屑 褋胁芯褦褩 写芯斜懈, 屑芯卸谢懈胁芯, 薪邪胁褨褌褜, 薪械 芯写薪褨褦褩. 袉 褋褌邪谢邪 薪懈屑. 校褋褨 褌械泻褋褌懈, 褖芯 薪邪胁械写械薪褨 褍 泻薪懈蟹褨 褦 锌芯褟褋薪械薪薪褟屑 褨 胁褨写锌芯胁褨写写褞 薪邪 褍褋褨 蟹邪锌懈褌邪薪薪褟, 褟泻褨 胁懈薪懈泻谢懈 锌褨写 褔邪褋 卸懈褌褌褟 褨 褋屑械褉褌褨 袦芯褉褉褨褋芯薪邪. 袙芯薪懈 褌邪泻褨 卸 褟泻 胁褨薪 - 锌芯胁薪褨 褋胁芯斜芯写懈, 邪谢泻芯谐芯谢褞, 褋械泻褋褍, 袥'袗屑械褉懈泻懈 褨 锌芯械褌懈泻懈, 褟泻褍 胁褨薪 褋锌芯褋褌械褉褨谐邪胁 褍 薪邪泄蟹邪泻懈薪褍褌褨褕懈褏 屑褨褋褑懈薪邪褏 褨褋薪褍胁邪薪薪褟. 校 泻薪懈蟹褨 芯斜褉邪蟹 袦芯褉褉褨褋芯薪邪 - 褎褉芯薪褌屑械薪邪-谢械谐械薪写懈 70-懈褏 - 锌芯褔邪褌泻褍 80-懈褏 屑芯卸薪邪 锌芯斜邪褔懈褌懈 蟹 褌褉褨褕泻懈 褨薪褕芯谐芯 斜芯泻褍: 锌褨写 褔邪褋 锌褉芯褔懈褌邪薪薪褟 胁褨褉褕褨胁 褋泻谢邪写邪褦褌褜褋褟 胁褉邪卸械薪薪褟, 褖芯 褌懈 薪邪 泻芯薪褑械褉褌褨 薪械 The Doors, 邪 谢懈褕械 袦芯褉褉褨褋芯薪邪, 褟泻懈泄 谐芯胁芯褉懈褌褜 写芯 泻芯卸薪芯褩 谢褞写懈薪懈, 褖芯 薪邪 薪褜芯屑褍 锌褉懈褋褍褌薪褟. 孝懈 屑邪泄卸械 斜邪褔懈褕 褑懈褏 谢褞写械泄. 袗谢械 胁邪卸谢懈胁褨褕械 褌械, 褖芯 褌懈 斜邪褔懈褕 褟泻 胁褨薪 谐芯胁芯褉懈褌褜 蟹 泻芯卸薪懈屑 蟹 薪懈褏. 袉 褨薪芯写褨 蟹胁械褉褌邪褦褌褜褋褟 写芯 褌械斜械. 袉 褑械 薪械 锌褉芯褋褌芯 褋谢芯胁邪, 胁褨薪 薪邪屑邪谐邪褦褌褜褋褟 谐芯胁芯褉懈褌懈 蟹 褌胁芯褦褞 褋褍褌褌褞, 褉芯蟹斜褍写懈褌懈 褨 锌芯泻邪蟹邪褌懈 褩褩 褌芯斜褨. 袙 褌邪泻芯屑褍 胁懈锌邪写泻褍 薪械 锌褉褍褔邪泄褋褟, 斜芯 褏褌芯 褟泻 薪械 袦芯褉褉褨褋芯薪 蟹薪邪褦褌褜褋褟 褍 褑褜芯屑褍 薪邪泄泻褉邪褖械.
*袩芯械蟹褨褟, 褟泻褨泄 薪褨泻芯谢懈 薪械 褋褍写懈谢芯褋褟 褋褌邪褌懈 谢懈褕械 锌芯械蟹褨褦褞.
p.s: 泻薪懈谐邪 写芯 褟泻芯褩 锌芯褌褉褨斜薪芯 锌芯胁械褉褌邪褌懈褋褜.
袣薪懈谐邪 屑褨褋褌懈褔薪芯谐芯 薪械 锌芯斜芯褞褋褜 褑懈褏 褋谢褨胁 - 锌芯械褌邪-褕邪屑邪薪邪.
袣薪懈谐邪 谢褞写懈薪懈, 褟泻邪 锌芯胁懈薪薪邪 斜褍谢邪 褋褌邪褌懈 屑褨褎芯屑 褋胁芯褦褩 写芯斜懈, 屑芯卸谢懈胁芯, 薪邪胁褨褌褜, 薪械 芯写薪褨褦褩. 袉 褋褌邪谢邪 薪懈屑. 校褋褨 褌械泻褋褌懈, 褖芯 薪邪胁械写械薪褨 褍 泻薪懈蟹褨 褦 锌芯褟褋薪械薪薪褟屑 褨 胁褨写锌芯胁褨写写褞 薪邪 褍褋褨 蟹邪锌懈褌邪薪薪褟, 褟泻褨 胁懈薪懈泻谢懈 锌褨写 褔邪褋 卸懈褌褌褟 褨 褋屑械褉褌褨 袦芯褉褉褨褋芯薪邪. 袙芯薪懈 褌邪泻褨 卸 褟泻 胁褨薪 - 锌芯胁薪褨 褋胁芯斜芯写懈, 邪谢泻芯谐芯谢褞, 褋械泻褋褍, 袥'袗屑械褉懈泻懈 褨 锌芯械褌懈泻懈, 褟泻褍 胁褨薪 褋锌芯褋褌械褉褨谐邪胁 褍 薪邪泄蟹邪泻懈薪褍褌褨褕懈褏 屑褨褋褑懈薪邪褏 褨褋薪褍胁邪薪薪褟. 校 泻薪懈蟹褨 芯斜褉邪蟹 袦芯褉褉褨褋芯薪邪 - 褎褉芯薪褌屑械薪邪-谢械谐械薪写懈 70-懈褏 - 锌芯褔邪褌泻褍 80-懈褏 屑芯卸薪邪 锌芯斜邪褔懈褌懈 蟹 褌褉褨褕泻懈 褨薪褕芯谐芯 斜芯泻褍: 锌褨写 褔邪褋 锌褉芯褔懈褌邪薪薪褟 胁褨褉褕褨胁 褋泻谢邪写邪褦褌褜褋褟 胁褉邪卸械薪薪褟, 褖芯 褌懈 薪邪 泻芯薪褑械褉褌褨 薪械 The Doors, 邪 谢懈褕械 袦芯褉褉褨褋芯薪邪, 褟泻懈泄 谐芯胁芯褉懈褌褜 写芯 泻芯卸薪芯褩 谢褞写懈薪懈, 褖芯 薪邪 薪褜芯屑褍 锌褉懈褋褍褌薪褟. 孝懈 屑邪泄卸械 斜邪褔懈褕 褑懈褏 谢褞写械泄. 袗谢械 胁邪卸谢懈胁褨褕械 褌械, 褖芯 褌懈 斜邪褔懈褕 褟泻 胁褨薪 谐芯胁芯褉懈褌褜 蟹 泻芯卸薪懈屑 蟹 薪懈褏. 袉 褨薪芯写褨 蟹胁械褉褌邪褦褌褜褋褟 写芯 褌械斜械. 袉 褑械 薪械 锌褉芯褋褌芯 褋谢芯胁邪, 胁褨薪 薪邪屑邪谐邪褦褌褜褋褟 谐芯胁芯褉懈褌懈 蟹 褌胁芯褦褞 褋褍褌褌褞, 褉芯蟹斜褍写懈褌懈 褨 锌芯泻邪蟹邪褌懈 褩褩 褌芯斜褨. 袙 褌邪泻芯屑褍 胁懈锌邪写泻褍 薪械 锌褉褍褔邪泄褋褟, 斜芯 褏褌芯 褟泻 薪械 袦芯褉褉褨褋芯薪 蟹薪邪褦褌褜褋褟 褍 褑褜芯屑褍 薪邪泄泻褉邪褖械.
*袩芯械蟹褨褟, 褟泻褨泄 薪褨泻芯谢懈 薪械 褋褍写懈谢芯褋褟 褋褌邪褌懈 谢懈褕械 锌芯械蟹褨褦褞.
p.s: 泻薪懈谐邪 写芯 褟泻芯褩 锌芯褌褉褨斜薪芯 锌芯胁械褉褌邪褌懈褋褜.
May 24, 2015
"螕谓蠅蟻委味蔚喂蟼 蠈蟿喂 慰未畏纬慰蠉渭伪蟽蟿蔚 蟽蟿伪 蟽蠁伪纬蔚委伪
伪蟺蠈 蟺蟻维慰蠀蟼 谓伪蠀维蟻蠂慰蠀蟼
魏伪喂 蠈蟿喂 蟿慰蠉蟿慰喂 慰喂 蠂慰谓蟿蟻慰渭蟺伪位维未蔚蟼 谓蠅胃蟻慰委 蟽蟿蟻伪蟿畏纬慰委 尉蔚蟻慰纬位蔚委蠁慰谓蟿伪喂 蠂蠀未伪委伪 蟽蟿畏 胃苇伪 蟿慰蠀 谓蔚伪谓喂魏慰蠉 伪委渭伪蟿慰蟼;
螕谓蠅蟻委味蔚喂蟼 蠈蟿喂 畏 蟿畏位蔚蠈蟻伪蟽畏 渭伪蟼 蔚尉慰蠀蟽喂维味蔚喂;
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惟 渭蔚纬维位蔚 未畏渭喂慰蠀蟻纬苇 蟿畏蟼 蠉蟺伪蟻尉畏蟼
未蠋蟻喂蟽苇 渭伪蟼 渭喂伪 蠋蟻伪 蔚蟺喂蟺位苇慰谓
谓伪 蔚魏蟺位畏蟻蠋蟽慰蠀渭蔚 蟿畏谓 蟿苇蠂谓畏 渭伪蟼 魏伪喂 蟿苇位蔚喂蔚蟼 谓伪 蟺位维蟽慰蠀渭蔚 蟿喂蟼 味蠅苇蟼 渭伪蟼.
螣喂 蟺蔚蟿伪位慰蠀未委蟿蟽蔚蟼 魏伪喂 慰喂 维胃蔚慰喂 蔚委谓伪喂 未喂蟺位维 胃蔚'喂'魏慰委 魏伪喂 胃谓畏蟿慰委. "
螒蟺蠈蟽蟺伪蟽渭伪 伪蟺蠈 蟿慰 蟺慰委畏渭伪:
螠喂伪 螒渭蔚蟻喂魏维谓喂魏畏 蟺蟻慰蟽蔚蠀蠂萎
螒纬伪蟺蠋 蟿慰蠀蟼 Doors, 伪纬伪蟺蠋 蟿慰谓 Jim Morrison 蠅蟼 蟿蟻伪纬慰蠀未慰蟺慰喂蠈, 伪位位维 蟺位苇慰谓 魏伪喂 蠅蟼 蟺慰喂畏蟿萎 !!!
"I'll always be a word-man
Better than a birdman" J.M.
伪蟺蠈 蟺蟻维慰蠀蟼 谓伪蠀维蟻蠂慰蠀蟼
魏伪喂 蠈蟿喂 蟿慰蠉蟿慰喂 慰喂 蠂慰谓蟿蟻慰渭蟺伪位维未蔚蟼 谓蠅胃蟻慰委 蟽蟿蟻伪蟿畏纬慰委 尉蔚蟻慰纬位蔚委蠁慰谓蟿伪喂 蠂蠀未伪委伪 蟽蟿畏 胃苇伪 蟿慰蠀 谓蔚伪谓喂魏慰蠉 伪委渭伪蟿慰蟼;
螕谓蠅蟻委味蔚喂蟼 蠈蟿喂 畏 蟿畏位蔚蠈蟻伪蟽畏 渭伪蟼 蔚尉慰蠀蟽喂维味蔚喂;
......
惟 渭蔚纬维位蔚 未畏渭喂慰蠀蟻纬苇 蟿畏蟼 蠉蟺伪蟻尉畏蟼
未蠋蟻喂蟽苇 渭伪蟼 渭喂伪 蠋蟻伪 蔚蟺喂蟺位苇慰谓
谓伪 蔚魏蟺位畏蟻蠋蟽慰蠀渭蔚 蟿畏谓 蟿苇蠂谓畏 渭伪蟼 魏伪喂 蟿苇位蔚喂蔚蟼 谓伪 蟺位维蟽慰蠀渭蔚 蟿喂蟼 味蠅苇蟼 渭伪蟼.
螣喂 蟺蔚蟿伪位慰蠀未委蟿蟽蔚蟼 魏伪喂 慰喂 维胃蔚慰喂 蔚委谓伪喂 未喂蟺位维 胃蔚'喂'魏慰委 魏伪喂 胃谓畏蟿慰委. "
螒蟺蠈蟽蟺伪蟽渭伪 伪蟺蠈 蟿慰 蟺慰委畏渭伪:
螠喂伪 螒渭蔚蟻喂魏维谓喂魏畏 蟺蟻慰蟽蔚蠀蠂萎
螒纬伪蟺蠋 蟿慰蠀蟼 Doors, 伪纬伪蟺蠋 蟿慰谓 Jim Morrison 蠅蟼 蟿蟻伪纬慰蠀未慰蟺慰喂蠈, 伪位位维 蟺位苇慰谓 魏伪喂 蠅蟼 蟺慰喂畏蟿萎 !!!
"I'll always be a word-man
Better than a birdman" J.M.
October 23, 2014
Jim Morrison is an inspiration to me. His poetry is a gateway to the sentimental wonders of life.
Jim Morrison's poetry allows me to feel free, as he sends the message of the inner universal truth through his own artistically unique words. I highly admire his work, it's mystifying, yet honest.
Jim Morrison's poetry allows me to feel free, as he sends the message of the inner universal truth through his own artistically unique words. I highly admire his work, it's mystifying, yet honest.
August 7, 2011
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March 4, 2023
As铆 como Jim Morrison describe que los esp铆ritus de un grupo de nativos americanos penetraron su alma durante la ni帽ez, el palpitar po茅tico de Morrison, su voz entre la calma de Sinatra y el rugido de una bestia, sacudi贸 mi infancia. Las canciones de The Doors fueron mi primer encuentro con el ejercicio po茅tico. Nada comprend铆a yo de la poes铆a. Nada sab铆a yo del performance. Seducido por la voz y el cuerpo de Morrison, s铆 entend铆 que para formarme deb铆a imitarle tanto en la voz como en la escritura.
Pasaron los a帽os y naturalmente me olvid茅 del Morrison-poeta. En mi memoria habitaba con cierto aprecio, pero no le tomaba muy en serio. As铆 pues, la re-lectura de An American Prayer, publicado en 1978 (seis a帽os despu茅s de la muerte del autor) me result贸 fascinante. En la traducci贸n de Jos茅 Vicente Anaya, aparecida en la editorial Laberinto (una edici贸n biling眉e, la cual falla al trasladar el texto original, pues hay incontables errores de transcripci贸n), Morrison se encuentra en manos m谩s que dignas.
A nivel textual, es un recorrido por toda a obra po茅tica del autor, que se entreve en la discograf铆a de The Doors. Es interesante como "Peace Frog", "Roadhouse Blues", "Riders on the Storm" forman parte de la experiencia po茅tica y, como fan del banda, resultan paradas familiares y amadas. An American Prayer es una ceremonia potente que se imparte durante un viaje que recorre las distintas facetas po茅ticas de Morrison: el m谩s salvaje, el m谩s er贸tico, el m谩s vulnerable. Por supuesto, y para mi sorpresa prejuiciosa, hay versos de gran calibre: "Hacemos confesi贸n de fe / como creyentes en / que una noche de Lujuria / nos hace confiar en / que lo nocturno / nos da color"; "La muerte nos convierte en 谩ngeles / y nos pone alas en los hombros / donde hab铆amos tenido / suaves garras de / cuervos". Me gusta c贸mo Morrison puede pasar del erotismo sagrado en la mutilaci贸n (en la Oraci贸n hay un sacrificio de "vergas") hasta un sentido homenaje a la amistad m谩s all谩 de la muerte: "Prefiero las fiestas de mis amigos en lugar de las de grandes familias").
Ahora bien, An American Prayer debe leerse acompa帽ado de la versi贸n performativa con m煤sica de The Doors. Ante eso, cualquier poeta flaquea frente al despliegue actoral y dram谩tico de la ceremonia. Como lectura silenciosa e individual es una experiencia incompleta: hay que escuchar la voz del lagarto.
Del uno al diez: N u e v e.
Pasaron los a帽os y naturalmente me olvid茅 del Morrison-poeta. En mi memoria habitaba con cierto aprecio, pero no le tomaba muy en serio. As铆 pues, la re-lectura de An American Prayer, publicado en 1978 (seis a帽os despu茅s de la muerte del autor) me result贸 fascinante. En la traducci贸n de Jos茅 Vicente Anaya, aparecida en la editorial Laberinto (una edici贸n biling眉e, la cual falla al trasladar el texto original, pues hay incontables errores de transcripci贸n), Morrison se encuentra en manos m谩s que dignas.
A nivel textual, es un recorrido por toda a obra po茅tica del autor, que se entreve en la discograf铆a de The Doors. Es interesante como "Peace Frog", "Roadhouse Blues", "Riders on the Storm" forman parte de la experiencia po茅tica y, como fan del banda, resultan paradas familiares y amadas. An American Prayer es una ceremonia potente que se imparte durante un viaje que recorre las distintas facetas po茅ticas de Morrison: el m谩s salvaje, el m谩s er贸tico, el m谩s vulnerable. Por supuesto, y para mi sorpresa prejuiciosa, hay versos de gran calibre: "Hacemos confesi贸n de fe / como creyentes en / que una noche de Lujuria / nos hace confiar en / que lo nocturno / nos da color"; "La muerte nos convierte en 谩ngeles / y nos pone alas en los hombros / donde hab铆amos tenido / suaves garras de / cuervos". Me gusta c贸mo Morrison puede pasar del erotismo sagrado en la mutilaci贸n (en la Oraci贸n hay un sacrificio de "vergas") hasta un sentido homenaje a la amistad m谩s all谩 de la muerte: "Prefiero las fiestas de mis amigos en lugar de las de grandes familias").
Ahora bien, An American Prayer debe leerse acompa帽ado de la versi贸n performativa con m煤sica de The Doors. Ante eso, cualquier poeta flaquea frente al despliegue actoral y dram谩tico de la ceremonia. Como lectura silenciosa e individual es una experiencia incompleta: hay que escuchar la voz del lagarto.
Del uno al diez: N u e v e.
September 28, 2024
Leer esto a las 7 y media de la ma帽ana en un tren me hizo agradecer que Jim Morrison est茅 muerto porque puedo apreciar su m煤sica y no puede levantarse de la tumba para escribir m谩s poemas
April 19, 2016
Me parece que el hecho de que sea una obra de Morrison me hizo tener una expectativa muy alta, pero realmente no me hizo sentir nada. Creo que la poes铆a es un tema demasiado delicado para m铆 y suelo pensar en darle una segunda oportunidad a lo que leo y siento que probablemente no me gusto por mi culpa, pero nah, no creo que esto lo valga. Lo siento, de todas maneras intentare leer m谩s de Jim para quitarme esta mala imagen que me ha quedado de su trabajo como poeta.
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January 12, 2008what a buetiful mind he had
May 28, 2009
Yeah, this is what I mean by something
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October 7, 2012very good
February 5, 2013
Simplesmente os poemas das can莽玫es dos Doors.
October 31, 2015
"Despierta
sacude lo sue帽os de tu cabellera
mi bella dulce ni帽a.
Elige tu d铆a y el signo de tu d铆a.
La divinidad del d铆a es
lo primero que ver谩s..."
sacude lo sue帽os de tu cabellera
mi bella dulce ni帽a.
Elige tu d铆a y el signo de tu d铆a.
La divinidad del d铆a es
lo primero que ver谩s..."
February 27, 2016
"We have assembled inside this ancient
and insane theatre
to propagate our lust for life
and flee the swarming wisdom
of the
street"
"No eternal reward will forgive us now
For wasting the dawn."
and insane theatre
to propagate our lust for life
and flee the swarming wisdom
of the
street"
"No eternal reward will forgive us now
For wasting the dawn."
November 4, 2016
Es uno de mis libros de cabecera. La poes铆a de Morrison es de mis favoritas.
August 9, 2011
Just kinda trippy blah.
June 2, 2021
I think that Jim Morrison had an approach to poetry that was not unlike the ancient Oriental method described by Wei T'ai in the 11th century; "Poetry presents the thing in order to covey the feeling. It should be precise about the thing and reticent about the feeling, for as soon as the mind responds and connects with the thing the feeling shows in words; this is how poetry enters deeply into us. If the poet presents directly feelings which overwhelm him, and keeps nothing back to linger as an aftertaste, he stirs us superficially; he cannot start the hands and feet involuntarily waving and tapping in time, far less strengthen morality and refine culture, set heaven and earth in motion and call up spirits!"
Morrison mentions this of poetry in an interview; "Listen, real poetry doesn't say anything, it just ticks off the possibilities. Opens all doors. You can walk through any one that suits you.. . . and that's why poetry appeals to me so much - because it's so eternal. As long as there are people, they can remember words and combinations of words. Nothing else can survive a holocaust but poetry and songs. No one can remember an entire novel. No one can describe a film, a piece of sculpture, a painting, but so long as there are human beings, songs and poetry can continue.
If my poetry aims to achieve anything, It's to deliver people from the limited ways in which they see and feel."
Morrison has remained an influence on my work for over 20 years now-I remember classes in Graduate school in which his poems or name would come up and it was always in a disregarding fashion, yet his books of poetry have been among the highest sellers of all time in that genre (and continue to be). Morrison was Blakean in poetic sensibility and Nietzschian in philosophy which is a terrifying combination if you think about it-he sought to be rid of the 'Mind Forged Manacles' that Blake spoke of and also desired a 'World as a will to power and nothing more' as Nietzsche mentions.
There is something of the eternal and the powerfully visionary about Morrison's work that remains- he was and also is a controversial figure, a poet that attempted to re-create the theater of Artaud in a way that would inform later performers like Alice Cooper and Marilyn Manson. I think that Morrison's contribution to modern poetry was much more significant than he is currently being given credit for in the Academy.
* Notes about Morrison regarding his poetry by the Poet Michael McClure; " One of the things I like about this biography is that it shows that Jim knew himself to be a poet. That was the basis of my friendship and brotherhood with him,-I know of no better poet of Jim's generation. Few poets have been such public figures or entertainers (perhaps Mayakovsky in Russia in the twenties and thirties) and none have had so brief or so powerful a career."
Morrison mentions this of poetry in an interview; "Listen, real poetry doesn't say anything, it just ticks off the possibilities. Opens all doors. You can walk through any one that suits you.. . . and that's why poetry appeals to me so much - because it's so eternal. As long as there are people, they can remember words and combinations of words. Nothing else can survive a holocaust but poetry and songs. No one can remember an entire novel. No one can describe a film, a piece of sculpture, a painting, but so long as there are human beings, songs and poetry can continue.
If my poetry aims to achieve anything, It's to deliver people from the limited ways in which they see and feel."
Morrison has remained an influence on my work for over 20 years now-I remember classes in Graduate school in which his poems or name would come up and it was always in a disregarding fashion, yet his books of poetry have been among the highest sellers of all time in that genre (and continue to be). Morrison was Blakean in poetic sensibility and Nietzschian in philosophy which is a terrifying combination if you think about it-he sought to be rid of the 'Mind Forged Manacles' that Blake spoke of and also desired a 'World as a will to power and nothing more' as Nietzsche mentions.
There is something of the eternal and the powerfully visionary about Morrison's work that remains- he was and also is a controversial figure, a poet that attempted to re-create the theater of Artaud in a way that would inform later performers like Alice Cooper and Marilyn Manson. I think that Morrison's contribution to modern poetry was much more significant than he is currently being given credit for in the Academy.
* Notes about Morrison regarding his poetry by the Poet Michael McClure; " One of the things I like about this biography is that it shows that Jim knew himself to be a poet. That was the basis of my friendship and brotherhood with him,-I know of no better poet of Jim's generation. Few poets have been such public figures or entertainers (perhaps Mayakovsky in Russia in the twenties and thirties) and none have had so brief or so powerful a career."
August 26, 2022
Este livro, que deu in铆cio 脿 colec莽茫o "Rei Lagarto", mostra-nos o percurso deste cantor/ compositor dos lend谩rios The Doors, atrav茅s dos poemas que escreveu para os 谩lbuns The Doors (1967), Strange Days (1968), Waiting for the Sun (1969), The Soft Parade (1969), Morrison Hotel (1970), Absolutely Live (1970) e L.A. Woman (1971) e ainda o poema An American Prayer, publicado em plaquete, edi莽茫o de 200 exemplares, fora de com茅rcio, distribu铆da pelos amigos do autor, em 1970, bem como Ode to L.A. While Thinking of Brian Jones, Deceased 鈥� poema distribu铆do pelo p煤blico em alguns concertos nos Estados Unidos, pouco depois da morte de Brian Jones, dos Rolling Stones, a 3 de Julho de 1969.
December 13, 2024
I love Jim Morrison, he's been one of my favorite lead singers ever since I discovered him and The Doors back when I was a teenager, but what was this other than the incoherent ramblings of a heroin addict that rhyme to make sense maybe only once or twice and not just to make it rhyme?
April 23, 2025
Absolut favorite album with Jim Morrison soeaking his texts recording and the added music by the doors after he died. The translation in french is not always accurate though that鈥檚 why I don鈥檛 give it 5 stars - but defenitely a journey to read Morrison鈥檚 text instead of simply listening鈥�
May 5, 2017
Cool Book
August 7, 2017
I had the American Prayer on vinyl and the art work with the spoken word was phenomenal! The day it melted in my trunk I cried.
September 1, 2018
Um dos principais poemas de Morrison.
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