Let's make this birthday one to remember.

88 years old (Born on June 24, 1936)

Happy Birthday, J.H. Prynne! May your day be filled with more surprises than a first-time reader encountering "Kitchen Poems." Your verses have always been delightfully puzzling—like trying to find the spatula in someone else's kitchen drawer. From "The White Stones" to "Fire Lizard," you've kept us guessing and grinning, proving poetry can indeed bite the air (and occasionally nibble our brains).

Your enduring influence on the British Poetry Revival is legendary; poets everywhere still scratch their heads lovingly over your lines. Here's hoping this birthday brings you as much joy as readers experience decoding your brilliant poetic riddles!