Arthur Rimbaud wrote all of his poetry by the age of twenty, at which point he went silent, moving to Abyssinia, otherwise known as Ethiopia, where he became a successful merchant, a trader and sometimes arms dealer. His somewhat mysterious life and early death at age 37 all but insured that he would become influential in the rock and roll era.
Great read - even if I did cheer myself (in my living room) at Lou's snark on Take No Prisoners!