The Silent Estate

Having spend a couple of days thinking about today’s Poem, I wanted to create something that reflects a Peaceful and serene Thought that I hope would flow from this Poem. Having being a resident in a land that Holds so much natural beauty within and Countless estates that have decayed into ruin, from a life where grandeur was rife.

Or Such is the thought that I have wanted to flow through and from this Poem. Whether one believes in Nature or a Greater Being i.e. God, Or One may believe in God & Nature being the same? My wish is to show respect for the land and natural beauty that shines through that which flows from what we see about us.

What Folks see as Nature Or Creation I see potential for Poetry and an art work yet to be created. In this instance, Todays Poem is Not very long BUT I hope it captures more than what I have stated here. A simple reverence and respect for Nature , Creation Or whatever you wish to view there.

I am Not Interested in Your religion Because that has been tainted by man’s hands to control as they wish. BUT I am interested in The beauty that is in the creation and Natute that we see about us.

About The Poem:

Todays Poem is short enough to be close to a form of sonnet But also I believe it captures all of what I wish to show here. Often amongst the handprint of Mankind in the wild landscape about us we can see the finger print of God standing clear to view where we can often not expect it to be.

Where the works of man kind fades to ruin, we can find wildlife take refuge and find home within our cast away ruins. IN poetry I have found a home that has settled into a method that both works and challenges myself as composer to tune and hone skills in ways I would never have expected.

In many areas we find tourist areas that often display ancient works of man to display a variety of areas where mankind has trandformed this great land in which we live in. In this area in which I live there is one such area in mind which once held base for Gun powder mill production. Now it stands in ruin and much of which reclaimed by Nature or what ever one wished to term such buildings.

This is where I expect many can find such places as one which is mentioned inToday’s Poem.

Having said all of this; Please Enjoy This Poem

We can find inspiration for Writing, Poetry or Art within every step we take on this earth and all it takes is Creativity and a mind that aims to use Creativity for This great art work.

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Once more I have stuck with AI to provide a suitable Image to go along with this Post, especially after many rejected Pictures. So any usual credit etc for copyrite etc goes where it should go. Not the best picture for this Poem But I believe it works for the Topic of the Poem.

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The Silent Estate




Once ancient lands held pious pride,
And secrets once suppressed now bide.
Where gardens drew the nobles’ gaze,
Now quiet feet in wonder graze.


The marble halls stand still and grand,
Their echoes stirred by twilight’s hand.
Now stands a wall that greets the sky,
Where wealth and whispers softly lie.


Behind the stone, so stern and high,
Once shut against the passerby,
A garden glows in Nature’s light—
A quiet guard, serene and right.


The fox and dove find refuge there,
Their homes untouched by worldly care.
The birds and bees in stillness stay,
Their Eden not so far away.







© Pat Fitzgerald 2025

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ENDING THOUGHTS:

Thank you for following me on my little journey, that is composing or writing poetry. If Life is a journey which we all walk on and my journey in creating Poetry is a journey of it’s own. Which I still learn much on as I write.

At times I experiment on methods or way how I can improve my poetry, therefore getting feed back is always most welcome for such as these.

When I write poetry, some readers may be offended with something within the poetry. I do not write to offend, But such are written for reasons I outline in the posts. Often I miss typos and mistakes when publishing each poem. I correct the moment I discover such mistakes.

Poetry is a form of art work that I enjoy and thus using it in a manner to touch or inspire the reader.

Thank you for joining me on this journey.

Poetry is a learning curve where I always work to improve. A lot of work goes into editing and reediting and then repeating that process on a number of occasions until I am happy with the result. This is how I operate in creating posts to share here.

Please forgive for any such mistakes and for your understanding this.

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