Mari Evans

Here’s a short poem for a Saturday morning by Mari Evans (July 16, 1919 – March 10, 2017), American poet, writer, and dramatist.

Her poetry is known for its lyrical simplicity and the directness of its themes.

If There Be Sorrow

If there be sorrow
let it be
for things undone…

undreamed
unrealized
unattained

to these add one;

Love withheld…

…restrained

--Mari Evans