Tag: new writer struggles

  • The Afterlife the Room Without Windows

    The Afterlife the Room Without Windows

    In “The Afterlife: The Room Without Windows,” dated August9,2025, Jason C. Owen presents a contemplative vision of the afterlife. Departing from traditional imagery of heavenly skies and angelic presence, the poem describes the afterlife as a timeless, enclosed space devoid of light and wings. It is a place where past regrets and unfulfilled prayers linger…

  • 🦆 March into the Marsh: A Duck Hunter’s Dawn

    🦆 March into the Marsh: A Duck Hunter’s Dawn

    In “March into the Marsh: A Duck Hunter’s Dawn,” dated August5,2025, Jason C. Owen captures the early morning ritual of a duck hunter preparing for a day in the marsh. The journey begins at3:30 a.m., enveloped in darkness and silence, with only a headlamp to pierce through the mist and guide the way. The hunter…

  • 🤫 You Are the 🤫

    🤫 You Are the 🤫

    In “You Are the,” dated August4,2025, Jason C. Owen explores the profound and unspoken dimensions of love that transcend language and memory. The poem describes an unnamed presence as a comforting pause and a gentle force that arrives unexpectedly, illuminating moments of sorrow and silence. This presence is depicted as a love that doesn’t need…

  • 📝Room 108

    📝Room 108

    Episode 1: The Cracked Door I live in a place where the walls yell more than the people do.Where the hallway smells like cheap smoke and cheaper stories.Where the red light flickers, but nobody’s trying to fix it. Some nights, I count the fights like math homework.Three screams. One crash.Then the cops pull up, and…

  • 📝 Room 108 Episode 2: Still Here

    I’m fifteen. I live with my mom.I don’t know my dad—never did.Mom’s gone most of the day, doing… I don’t really know what.She comes back late sometimes, and if there’s dinner, it’s always whatever can fit in the microwave. We pay $65 a night for this room.She scrapes it up, one shift at a time.…

  • 📝 Room 108 Episode 4: Settled Chaos

    Room 108 It happened last night. The kind of thing that sounds like a movie when you say it out loud, but it didn’t feel like a movie. It felt real. Sharp. Cold. Miss Jill was screaming. Not like scared-of-a-spider screaming, but a sound that made your chest go tight. A man’s voice was yelling—loud…

  • 📝Room 108 Eposode 5: The Inspection

    📝Room 108 Eposode 5: The Inspection

    When the white sedan pulls into the motel lot, Room 108 goes still. An unexpected visit from Child Protective Services turns routine into revelation, cracking the silence with questions no one’s ready to answer. They didn’t ask for names. Not right away. Just stepped inside like the door had always been unlocked. Like they already…

  • Writer Jason C Owen

    Writer Jason C Owen

    poems capturing the unique bonds and enduring love between parents and children.**🖋️ Ink by Request** offers a specialized poetry service where each piece is thoughtfully crafted to resonate with personal experiences and emotions. Jason C Owen provides a range of poetry services designed to cater to various life events and relationships, each with its own…

  • ✍️ The Silent Struggle of New Writers — And Where to Find Real Help

    There’s a quiet kind of courage in being a new writer. Not the kind that gets applause or book deals. The kind that shows up at 2 a.m. when you’re staring at a blinking cursor, wondering if your words matter. The kind that keeps going even when no one’s reading. The kind that dares to…