Let's make this birthday one to remember.

72 years old (Born on June 05, 1952)

Happy Birthday, Mark F. Jarman! May your day be as finely crafted and rhythmically precise as your celebrated verses in *The Black Riviera*. Your poetic voice continues to resonate—proving that formalism can indeed be both timeless and refreshingly modern.

From the insightful depths of *Questions for Ecclesiastes* to your influential role shaping literary criticism, you've shown us all how poetry can gracefully balance tradition with innovation. Here's hoping this birthday brings you laughter worthy of a stanza or two—and perhaps inspiration for another award-winning masterpiece. Cheers to many more years filled with rhyme, reason, and just enough mischief!