Early Bob Dylan poem up for auction

A handwritten poem by Bob Dylan written in 1957 is being put up for auction at Christie's, it has emerged.

Entitled 'Little Buddy', the verse was written by Dylan for the newspaper at Herzl Camp in Webster, Wisconsin when he stayed there as a teenager, The AP reports.

Former camper and editor of the Herzl Herald Lisa Heilicher said: "I kept it with all of my stuff that I collected from camp.

"When I realised how famous he had become, I put it in a piece of plastic and stuck it in an encyclopedia."

The verse was kept under the letter Z for Zimmerman, the name the singer was born with and still known by as a 16-year-old.

The poem about a dog beaten to death by a drunk opens: "Broken hearted and so sad/Big blue eyes all covered with tears/Was a picture of sorrow to see."