Author: Pat Fitzgerald

I was born and spent my younger years in a small town between the boundaries of County Cork and County Limerick. The Little Town Of Charleville has a special place in my heart and one I always will call home. I have lived on the western edge of Cork City in the south of this country since 1988. Although I am a country boy at heart , needs were that living where I still reside was the most important. I have been blessed in my life with 4 Children, the youngest of whom passed away in 2001 at age of 5 years. And the others walk this life in their own areas. I believe that Our paths in Life dictate much in our future and our walk in life. But we make our own path in life by the choices we make each day, either for good or bad. My Faith is most important to me in my life. It is my Faith that keeps me going both in times of need and in the good times. I am a Christian (non denominational). I am a poet and consider it to be a learning process as I continue to learn and write. I also Poetry use as a means to clear my mind. Photography is more of a hobby and pastime which I enjoy and find it fun to learn a little more in this field.

Where Shadows Dwell

by Pat Fitzgerald, posted in Poetry

Working with the methods of my last poem, I used similar situations as it were to strive to create a poem that arises from the hidden catacombs of my mind. Thus hiding within it, a number of issues that I wished to point out. BUT also wanted to let them lay unseen in ways, so … Continue reading Where Shadows Dwell

Solitude

by Pat Fitzgerald, posted in Poetry

Sitting at home whilst the weather hinders any thoughts of taking a walk or exiting this place to find some ease of mind. I found myself writing on that mere thought of a pleasure walk in an area of solitude, free of the dragon that is Main stream media, also free from the dogs that … Continue reading Solitude

WHO

by Pat Fitzgerald, posted in Poetry

I have been struck by the apparent Lack of care towards the ever growing and ever rising numbers of those who fall to the disease that is Suicide. Heads rarely turn when news of another life lost, yet heads turn when the life of a family member of a celebrity falls to the same disease … Continue reading WHO

Night Wandering

by Pat Fitzgerald, posted in Poetry

There are times when I find myself restless, as I strive to battle through an over active mind that created more thoughts than one could manage at one time. This is where I create poetry that uses life scenario's to create such poetry as one you will find here in this post. There is no … Continue reading Night Wandering

Beyond Reproach

by Pat Fitzgerald, posted in Poetry

As a Christian believer I have held back from addressing certain topics when it comes to my writing. I have tried to steer clear of topics that may cause some to feel upset with the tone or content. But This is one that I feel I must address at least once in a while. To … Continue reading Beyond Reproach

Winters Rose

by Pat Fitzgerald, posted in Poetry

As the dreary dull winter days roll on by, I began to ponder on the summers blooms. Even more so to the beautiful roses that appear to bloom brighter with the gentle caring hands of a gardner. Thus I began to consider a rose that blooms bright within a glass house as the dreary days … Continue reading Winters Rose

An Ode to Those I Hurt

by Pat Fitzgerald, posted in Poetry

As in other ocasions I write either on issues that I see to be important to society or life itself. BUT on occasions I write on something closer to home. Life is like an ocean in which we sail, through storms that show horror that envelope our lives OR events that lead to divisions between … Continue reading An Ode to Those I Hurt

Indifferent

by Pat Fitzgerald, posted in Poetry

When thinking on how Faith is looked upon in the western world and more so in a liberal society, we find that many are Indifferent. More so when it comes to Christianity either because of past sins in the established RCC or other churches. Or in some areas a basic hatred for those who stand … Continue reading Indifferent

My Old Man

by Pat Fitzgerald, posted in Poetry

For a number of weeks I have been playing with the idea of writing a tribute poem . Of at least it is a tribute of sorts to Fathers in General, especially my father who in his elder years never ceases to amaze me. In order to make this work I tried to fit the … Continue reading My Old Man

Shipwrecked

by Pat Fitzgerald, posted in Poetry

There are times that I find inspiration for poetry in a Single Word or Phrase that finds me piecing a poem that fits the stream of thought. Such is the case with todays poem, I found myself caught up in the Title word for todays poem that found me writing on a couplke of issues … Continue reading Shipwrecked