Let's make this birthday one to remember.

84 years old (Born on March 22, 1941)

Happy Birthday, Billy Collins! Poet laureate extraordinaire and captain of words that dance effortlessly across the page. Your poems continue to charm us all with a playful wit that's just as timeless (and amusingly insightful) now as when you first sharpened your pencil.

Whether inviting readers on picnics like in "The Lanyard," or keeping audiences smiling at packed readings around the globe—your literary genius remains evergreen. Here's hoping this year brings fewer misplaced metaphors and even more poetic surprises, because honestly—we need your clever verse to remind us life's chaos makes better poetry than reason ever could!