Nantucket

Nantucket by William Carlos Williams

When I first saw this poem, I immediately thought, "There once was a man from Nantucket...." However, Williams's piece is very different. It exudes a sense of tranquility, and the picture he paints of his residence in Nantucket has no disturbances, no loud cars or rumbling jet engines. It is just him, silence, and the beauty of a world at peace.