I'm sending you a poem

In 1970, eager to spread the word about a low-key magazine he had just launched, the editor of the very short-lived Vishtaroone sent a copy of its first and possibly only issue to the frontman of T. Rex, Marc Bolan. Ever-gracious, Bolan responded to the fan with three things: a handwritten letter; an as-yet-unpublished poem to be used in the next issue, and the offer of more original material in future. All without charge.

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Transcript

thank you For sending me your magazine, time is always short so I'm sure people will like your work. I'm sending you a poem. If you like it, periodically when I have things I'm unlikely to publish you're welcome to use them.

be well
in pain & peace

as a friend

Marc bolan

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Spare some thought when curtaining out the night. For is it not the platform on which the morning is staged.

one bent day, a man at a play
climbed in thru my window way
a top tall hat all on him sat
a silver sheild around him kneeled.

meadows wild, this elderly child
told me of, a broken glove, a
token of love. From a person he'd once
been part of, and in natural night
he took flight, giving me an
apple from a box he held, and another
hat beautifully Flat with eastern
brocade on the parts that were frayed

© copyright marc bolan 70.