Nantucket by Carolynn Kingyens

I cannot find
the synonym
for strange,
or stranger still;
the synonym
for misery,
the dampest
place on earth:
Nantucket
in November,
when the cold,
coastal rain
causes the dullest
of aches
deep in the bones
no fire –
real or imagined
can quell.



Carolynn Kingyens’ debut poetry collection — Before the Big Bang Makes a Sound (Kelsay Books, 2020) — is available on Amazon, Barnes & Noble, and at several independent bookstores in NYC. Today, Carolynn lives in New York City with her husband of 20 years, two beautiful, kind daughters, a sweet rescue dog, and a very old, chill cat.