Island

 

The theme for plumbum's Creative Journey is Island. All posts tagged "Island" are resources - a virtual "Mood Board" - a quilt - a patchwork of ideas.

Lyrics: I am a Rock: Simon & Garfunkel

 

A winters day

In a deep and dark December;

I am alone,

Gazing from my window to the streets below

On a freshly fallen silent shroud of snow.

I am a rock,

I am an island.

I've built walls,

A fortress deep and mighty,

That none may penetrate.

I have no need of friendship; friendship causes pain.

Its laughter and its loving I disdain.

I am a rock,

I am an island.

Don't talk of love,

But I've heard the words before;

Its sleeping in my memory.

I wont disturb the slumber of feelings that have died.

If I never loved I never would have cried.

I am a rock,

I am an island.

I have my books

And my poetry to protect me;

I am shielded in my armour,

Hiding in my room, safe within my womb.

I touch no one and no one touches me.

I am a rock,

I am an island.

And a rock feels no pain;

And an island never cries.

 

is·land   /ˈaɪlənd/ [ahy-luhnd]

–noun

1. a tract of land completely surrounded by water, and not large enough to be called a continent.

2. something resembling an island, esp. in being isolated or having little or no direct communication with others.

3. a raised platform with a counter or other work surface on top situated in the middle area of a room, esp. a kitchen, so as to permit access from all sides.

4. safety island.

5. a low concrete platform for gasoline pumps at an automotive service station.

6. a clump of woodland in a prairie.

7. an isolated hill.

8. Anatomy. an isolated portion of tissue differing in structure from the surrounding tissue.

9. Railroads. a platform or building between sets of tracks.

–verb (used with object)

10. to make into an island.

11. to dot with islands.

12. to place on an island; isolate.

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[Origin: bef. 900; ME iland, OE īgland, īland, var. of īegland, equiv. to īeg island (c. ON ey) + land land; sp. with -s- by assoc. with isle]

—Related forms

is·land·ish, is·land·like, adjective

is·land·less, adjective