News 5's Danita Harris sat down with 86-year-old Cleveland native Donald King and learned about his passion for getting rid of pests and reciting poems.
CLEVELAND — News 5's Danita Harris sat down with 86-year-old Cleveland native Donald King, an exterminator by day and a poet by night."I think there were nine of us at the time, and my mother felt overwhelmed. So she took us, put us on a bus and took us down to the detention home on 22nd and Central Avenue. So that's where I was until I was placed in a foster home," he said.
King's book of poems, entitled"I Never Rhymed For My Father," is a testament to his passion and hope for better days. The title, while self-explanatory, is very dear to his heart. "I remember seeing him when I was 4 years old when I was in a foster home, and this old guy came and said, 'I'm your dad.' I don't know when he died. I don't know where he's buried. I never got a chance to write for my father. Oh, I would have loved to, but I never did," he said.King is still performing his poetry, has been married for 64 years, has three sons and a host of grandchildren, is an excellent cook, and is making Cleveland"A Better Land.
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