For Owen

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For Owen
Author Stephen King
Country Flag of United States USA
Language English
Genre(s) Poetry
Released in Skeleton Crew
Publisher Signet Books
Media Type Anthology
Released 1985

For Owen is a poem by Stephen King first published in the 1985 short story and poetry 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.