Me and Stephen King

During the build up this winter toward the big Challenge for my 75 birthday Charity fund raising for the Chestnut Tree House children's hospice there has been so much extra to do arranging everything in readiness for the summer effort that some things have had to move onto the back burner. One of those things is my book reading. I am still reading but at a slower rate not getting through so many books. That is where Stephen King comes in because I have quite a thing for him, so entertaining, I usually whizz through anything he writes but even HE has been pushed gently aside for now.
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Me and Stephen King

My love affair with Stephen King

Over many years an on going thing

I chose carefully my starting point

Avoiding him with fear, me to anoint

The Girl who loved Tom Gordon

My beginners edge to cordon

Gentle introduction it may be said

Then soon every third character dead

It’s his writing skill that has me hooked

Now in advance each work is booked

To name a favourite so hard for me

Under The Dome, or Duma Key

Reading Dreamcatcher? It’s a ‘yes’ from me

The Stand, kept me quiet from dawn ’til tea,

11.22.63 what thought provocation

Did everyone share my reading elation?

Complete change so often as with Blaze,

I wish life was longer, reading many more days

Now S.K. ‘s fully accepted in my life

I am coping better with the scary strife

Now the rotting flesh and Shining vapour

I take in my stride my fear I can taper

Bring it on Mr King, you don’t scare me

I read you at bedtime and sweet dreams see