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Availability:In StockContributor:Darryl Houston SmithSeries:The Morrison TrilogyPublish date:9/17/2026Pages:130
Languages:EnglishPublisher:Dyad HouseISBN-13:9798232021092UPC:9798232021092Book Category:Music, PoetryBook Subcategory:Philosophy & Social Aspects, Individual Composer & Musician, AmericanSize:8.00 x 5.00 x 0.31 inchesWeight:0.136Product ID:SCDWW5E616

THIS TEXT IS NOT DESIGNED as a linear biography, nor
is it a simple collection of verse. It is a hybrid engine-a mecha-
nism constructed to navigate the liminal space between histori-
cal fact and mythic resonance.


The architecture of this work relies on a deliberate collision be-
between narrative prose and hyper-metric poetry. The prose chap-
ters serve as the forensic framework, establishing the timeline,
the "crime scene," and the sociological context of the 1960s
counterculture. They are the walls of the maze. The poems, how-
ever, function as the subconscious interruptions-the "Chorus
" Of Dissent" speaks to the internal, emotional reality of the
subject. Where the biography explains what happened, the poet-
His attempts to articulate why it felt like a haunting.


This book represents the second movement in a larger metaphys-
ical journey.


The arc began in THE FRAUD OF ETERNITY, which estab-
published the existential compost-the raw, chaotic realization that
time is a predator and legacy is a lie. In that collection, we ex-
plored the internal fragmentation of the self.


Now, in LOST IN THE LABYRINTH, we apply that lens to
a specific external archetype: Jim Morrison. We use his rise, his
"Solar Equation" and his eventual destruction as a case study
in the failure of the Romantic ideal.

He is the Avatar of the Fraud, a man who tried to break through,

only to find the door was painted on a brick wall.

Languages:EnglishPublisher:Dyad HouseISBN-13:9798232021092UPC:9798232021092Book Category:Music, PoetryBook Subcategory:Philosophy & Social Aspects, Individual Composer & Musician, AmericanSize:8.00 x 5.00 x 0.31 inchesWeight:0.136Product ID:SCDWW5E616
Publisher: Dyad House

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