Jim Morrison began writing poetry in his early teens and although he later found mythical success as lead sing for the Doors, poetry remaind his passion. In 1969 Morrisson self-published two volumes of poetry: The Lords Notes on Vision and The New Creatures...

As Danny Sugerman wrote ...Jim Morrison didn't want to be a god. Jim Morrison wanted to be a poet. Surely, no modern poet has written better of the alienation and feelings of isolation, dread, and disconnectedness than Jim Morrison...Jim was aware of this modern schism, this sense of dislocation, our angst, and in a self interview included in Wilderness: The Lost Writings of Jim Morrison as a prologue, Morrison said If my poetry aims to achieve anything. It's to deliver people from the limited ways in which they see and feel. Sugarman continues Jim's dying wish was to be taken seriously as a poet. While he was alive, his behavior blinded many of us to his words. today his life still fascinates and amazes us, and his work as a poet is finally gaining the recognition it deserves...