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Lou Reed. Copyright Moe Tucker.<\/p><\/div>\n

In August 1970, when he was 28 years old, Lou Reed quit The Velvet Underground and moved back into his parents\u2019 home in Long Island, where he stayed for the better part of a year in seclusion to write poetry. He vowed never to play rock and roll again and focused on writing verse which eventually found its way into the pages of Rolling Stone, in addition to smaller poetry zines like The Harvard Advocate, The World, Fusion, The Unmuzzled Ox, and Cold Spring Journal.<\/p>\n

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\u201cI\u2019m a poet,\u201d Reed publicly declared on March 10, 1971, as he took to the stage of the Poetry Project at St. Mark\u2019s Church, New York. Standing before the likes Allen Ginsberg and Ted Berrigan, who smiled in support, Reed recited a selection of new poems along with the lyrics by The Velvet Underground.<\/p>\n

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Six months later, Reed began recording his self-titled debut solo album produced by David Bowie and arranged by Mick Ronson. But his time away from the limelight was not in vain for it had solidified Reed\u2019s gift for penning lyrical verse that lived on the page \u2013 and sometime later in song.<\/p>\n

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In 1974, Reed compiled All the Pretty People, a book of poetry that was never published. It is only now that his verse has been unearthed, collected, and released in Do Angels Need Haircuts? Early Poems by Lou Reed<\/a> (Anthology Editions, May 1). The book includes 7\u201d record of the 1971 live reading along with a foreword by Anne Waldman, an afterword by Laurie Anderson, archival notes by Don Fleming, and photographs by Mick Rock.<\/p>\n

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Here, Fleming provides a five-point guide to the poetry of this music icon.<\/p>\n

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Read the Full Story at AnOther Man<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n

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Lou Reed. Photography Andrew Cifranic<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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