Mistakes as a source of inspiration goes back to… the big bang if we’re willing to accept Zizek’s notion that the universe is one colossal mistake, so it should come as no surprise that mistakes are sometimes inspiration to the tiny microcosm of a poem. Ian Williams is a Canadian poet with an affinity for playing out the profound from the ordinary, somebody who plays with mistakes, somebody you’ll want to read more of:
From “Mistakes”
people like you
you like people
people like you make
people like you