Last updated: Wednesday, May 20, 2009

DYLAN'S TEENAGE POEM UP FOR AUCTION

A poem BOB DYLAN wrote when he was unknown teenager Bobby Zimmerman is to be auctioned off in New York.

Bob Dylan - 1960s (photo supplied by WENN)

The handwritten musings, penned in the mid-1950s for a camp newspaper in Wisconsin where Dylan spent a happy summer, is titled Little Buddy.

The poem, which is currently under offer at Christie's, tells the sad tale of a family's pet dog beaten to death by a drunk.

The item will be on the auction block until 23 June (09). Experts expect the eventual price for the poem to reach $15,000 (£10,000).

The heartfelt poem begins: "Broken hearted and so sad/Big blue eyes all covered with tears/Was a picture of sorrow to see/Kneeling close to the side/Of his pal and only pride/A little lad, these words he told me."

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Source: WENN

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