From A Well-Mannered Storm: The Glenn Gould Poems, published by Caitlin Press in 2008.I hummed, I drummedmy feet, conductedmyself and anyone elsewho’d pay attention, or notwhole carols, anthems, hymnsmy bodya pulse and thrumvibrating, penduluma rhythmicthrob and flutterin a roll and pitchsee-sawing, a diving board itsupward oscillation a palpitationthe room a seismiclurching all those pitchingmicrophones a-flutterand I ask,(an aside to the engineerbeside the tape recorder,open-mouthed)Did I sing?
Kate Braid has authored many books of non-fiction and award-winning poetry including Inward to the Bones: Georgia O’Keeffe’s Journey with Emily Carr (Polestar, 2000), which won the Vancity Book Prize. Braid has taught creative writing at UBC, SFU and Malaspina University-College. She currently lives in Burnaby.
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