Let's make this birthday one to remember.

94 years old (Born on April 15, 1931)

Happy Birthday, Tomas! May your day be filled with more joy than a gondola ride without sorrow and more laughter than Robert Bly trying to rhyme in Swedish. Your poetic brilliance continues to inspire us all—your words sailing gracefully through the Baltics of our imagination.

Here's to celebrating your timeless verses that bridge the living and the dead, reminding us of life's profound beauty. Congratulations again on your Nobel Prize; clearly, poetry pays off eventually! Keep illuminating our world with your wisdom and wit—today we toast you, dear friend, poet extraordinaire, and master navigator of life's mysteries.