“I’m with you tonight at the candlelight
service in my new straw hat, Mary Janes,
white gloves, a dress that you’ve sewn,
the whole congregation holding candles
at midnight.”
Enjoy this audio recording of “Russian Easter” by Mila Holt from Vol. 34:2 of CALYX Journal! Buy your copy here!
Mila Holt is a former television writer/director. Her poetry has been accepted by The Vassar Review and Soul Lit. She is working on a collection about her grandmother in Indonesia in the 1930s. She lives in Northern California.