Paula Simons: Edmonton's pride Billy-Ray Belcourt scoops Canada's biggest poetry prize

In the days leading up to the announcement of the Griffin Prize, Edmonton poet Billy-Ray Belcourt imagined what might happen if he won. Or if he didn’t.
As the youngest and least experienced of the three shortlisted finalists, he had no expectation of winning.
“I developed a whole host of scenarios in my mind. A series of windows. I could see it going any way. I could see the genius in the other two works. I was prepared to lose. And to win.”
He tried to write an acceptance spe