Humor, for me, is really a gate of departure. It’s a way of enticing a reader into a poem so that less funny things can take place later. It really is not an end in itself, but a means to an end. — Billy Collins

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Mini who’s who:

Billy Collins : American Poet
Born:  March 22, 1941