Benediction

glenis redmond is a 2005–2006 North Carolina Arts Council Literary Award recipient and a Denny C. Plattner Award winner for Outstanding Poetry sponsored by the Appalachian Heritage journal. She has been published most recently in African Voices, EMRYS, The Asheville Poetry Review, 2006 Kakalak: A Journal of Carolina Poets, Appalachian Heritage, and the Appalachian Journal. Redmond is a native of Greenville, South Carolina and she presently resides in Asheville, North Carolina with her twin daughters Amber and Celeste.