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Permalink Reply by BallroomDays67 on June 1, 2015 at 7:47pm

That piece has been around for quite some time. I don't believe it to be authentic. 

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Permalink Reply by Gratefulphish on June 1, 2015 at 9:11pm

Why, in particular?  If you go to the Densmore site, there is a lot of Jim's handwritten poetry.  I have a number of saved images of other writings, and the handwriting appears to be identical.  It's not like this is a handwritten set of lyrics to one of the Doors' most popular songs.  This is another among many of the poetic writings of a rather prolific author, given his short lifespan in the limelight.

That being said, the signed Grateful Dead album in the seller's store appears to be an outright forgery.

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Permalink Reply by BallroomDays67 on June 1, 2015 at 9:41pm

It's slowly and shakily written throughout, and the signature at the top is an obvious forgery in my opinion. 

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Permalink Reply by Rock G III on June 2, 2015 at 2:29pm

I will not make a forger's handbook but as its been pointed out its shaky. 

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Permalink Reply by Richard Booth on June 1, 2015 at 10:12pm

I don't think this is real also. It is too neat for Jim's writing! If you look at any of his authentic handwritten poems and manuscripts, the words are written on blank sheets and he naturally wrote at slight angles because of this. This writing is uniformed and looks to be slowly copied. The doodles are too neat also!

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Permalink Reply by Josh Board on June 1, 2015 at 11:21pm

The Doors are my favorite group. I know Morrison writing. This is a nice attempt, but it's fake. 

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Permalink Reply by JackGotLucky on June 2, 2015 at 3:53am

When I first saw this piece a while ago at first glance I thought it could be real but it's not unfortunately. Looking closer, you will see it is indeed slowly done and if you break down certain words and compare them to Jim's known writings, it becomes very clear its fake. Whoever did this got greedy with the signature. As Ballroom stated its an obvious fake and is the dead giveaway that it's not real in my opinion. Agree with Josh though,it's a good attempt.... Jack...

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Permalink Reply by Chad B on June 2, 2015 at 7:48am

This seller has another piece of poetry for sale as well. That piece looks bad, very bad.  They also have a copy of his birth certificate.

I think this is a good attempt and on first glance looks decent. I did not study it in any way but my initial impression was that it had a chance. When I saw some of the other items they listed I knew it was probably not worth spending any more time on.

I do like the poetry though. For those non-Doors fanatics, this poem is on the ninth Doors studio album, "An American Prayer." I love it.  

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Permalink Reply by Dan Stevenson on June 2, 2015 at 10:01am

All these are fake Chad.

Dan Stevenson PSA/DNA

[According to Joe Orlando, PSA/DNA president, Dan Stevenson is unknown to them and has never worked for PSA. --Steve Cyrkin, Community Manager]

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Permalink Reply by Steve Cyrkin, Admin on June 2, 2015 at 12:44pm

[According to Joe Orlando, PSA/DNA president, Dan Stevenson is unknown to them and has never worked for PSA. --Steve Cyrkin, Community Manager]

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Permalink Reply by BallroomDays67 on June 2, 2015 at 2:47pm

The authentic original from which the fake was copied is pictured on page 120 of the book "The American Night - The Writings of Jim Morrison Volume 2."

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Permalink Reply by Gratefulphish on June 2, 2015 at 3:03pm

Well, that would pretty much resolve the issue.  Thanks.

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