For Owen

"For Owen"
Author	Stephen King
Country	United States
Language	English
Genre(s)	Poetry
Published in	Skeleton Crew
Publication type	Anthology
Publisher	Signet Books
Media type	Print (Hardback & Paperback)
Publication date	1985

For Owen is a poem by Stephen King first published in King's 1985 collection Skeleton Crew. The thirty-four line free verse poem consists of eleven unrhymed, unmetered verse paragraphs. The poem concerns King walking his son Owen to school, as the boy describes a fantastical school attended by anthropomorphized fruit.

The Mist
"Here There Be Tygers"
"The Monkey"
"Cain Rose Up"
"Mrs. Todd's Shortcut"
"The Jaunt"
"The Wedding Gig"
"Paranoid: A Chant"
"The Raft"
"Word Processor of the Gods"
"The Man Who Would Not Shake Hands"
"Beachworld"
"The Reaper's Image"
"Nona"
"For Owen"
"Survivor Type"
"Uncle Otto's Truck"
"Morning Deliveries (Milkman No. 1)"
"Big Wheels: A Tale of the Laundry Game (Milkman No. 2)"
"Gramma"
The Ballad of the Flexible Bullet
"The Reach"

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Novels	Carrie (1974) 'Salem's Lot (1975) The Shining (1977) The Stand (1978) The Dead Zone (1979) Firestarter (1980) Cujo (1981) Christine (1983) Pet Sematary (1983) Cycle of the Werewolf (1983) The Talisman (1984; with Peter Straub) It (1986) The Eyes of the Dragon (1987) Misery (1987) The Tommyknockers (1987) The Dark Half (1989) Needful Things (1991) Gerald's Game (1992) Dolores Claiborne (1992) Insomnia (1994) Rose Madder (1995) The Green Mile (1996) Desperation (1996) Bag of Bones (1998) The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon (1999) The Plant (2000; unfinished) Dreamcatcher (2001) Black House (2001; with Peter Straub) From a Buick 8 (2002) The Colorado Kid (2005) Cell (2006) Lisey's Story (2006) Duma Key (2008) Under the Dome (2009) 11/22/63 (2011) Joyland (2013) Doctor Sleep (2013) Mr. Mercedes (2014) Revival (2014) Finders Keepers (2015) End of Watch (2016)

The Dark Tower series	The Gunslinger (1982) The Drawing of the Three (1987) The Waste Lands (1991) Wizard and Glass (1997) Wolves of the Calla (2003) Song of Susannah (2004) The Dark Tower (2004) The Wind Through the Keyhole (2012)

Richard Bachman novels	Rage (1977) The Long Walk (1979) Roadwork (1981) The Running Man (1982) Thinner (1984) The Bachman Books (1985) The Regulators (1996) Blaze (2007)

Short fiction collections	Night Shift (1978) Different Seasons (1982) Skeleton Crew (1985) Four past Midnight (1990) Nightmares & Dreamscapes (1993) Hearts in Atlantis (1999) Everything's Eventual (2002) Just After Sunset (2008) Full Dark, No Stars (2010) The Bazaar of Bad Dreams (2015)

Non-fiction	Danse Macabre (1981) Nightmares in the Sky (1988) On Writing (2000) Secret Windows (2000) Faithful (2004; with Stewart O'Nan) "Guns" (2013)

Screenplays	Creepshow (1982) Cat's Eye (1985) Silver Bullet (1985) Maximum Overdrive (1986; also director) Pet Sematary (1989) Sleepwalkers (1992) A Good Marriage (2014) Cell (2016; with Adam Alleca)

Teleplays	"Sorry, Right Number" (1987) Golden Years (1991) The Stand (1994) The Shining (1997) "Chinga" (1998; with Chris Carter) Storm of the Century (1999) Rose Red (2002) Kingdom Hospital (2004) Desperation (2006) "Heads Will Roll" (2014)

Comics	Creepshow (1982) Heroes for Hope (1985) The Secretary of Dreams (2006) The Dark Tower (2007–) The Stand (2008–12) The Talisman (2009–10) American Vampire (2010) N. (2010) Road Rage (2012) The Dark Man (2013)

Musical collaborations	Michael Jackson's Ghosts (1997; with Michael Jackson) Black Ribbons (2010; with Shooter Jennings) Ghost Brothers of Darkland County (2012; with John Mellencamp)

Anthologies edited	The Best American Short Stories 2007 (2007; with Heidi Pitlor)

Worlds and concepts	Fictional locations of Maine Jerusalem's Lot Castle Rock Derry Fictional books Multiverse All-World Connections to The Dark Tower Dollar Baby (term) Richard Bachman (fictional author)

Related articles	List of adaptations The Dark Tower Books about Stephen King Rock Bottom Remainders Philtrum Press Stephen King Goes to the Movies Tabitha King Joe Hill Owen King

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For Owen

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