Let's make this birthday one to remember.

82 years old (Born on September 09, 1942)

Happy Birthday, Linda Gregg! May your day be filled with more joy than a poet discovering the perfect metaphor. Your words in "Things and Flesh," "The Sacraments of Desire," and "All of It Singing" have resonated deeply—earning you Whiting Writers' Awards, Guggenheim Fellowships, Pushcart Prizes galore—and probably enough literary trophies to require their own stanza.

Here's hoping this birthday brings inspiration brighter than ever before (and cake sweeter than poetic justice). Keep dazzling us all by turning life's complexities into timeless verse; after all these accolades you've collected over time, we suspect you're secretly writing poetry just for fun now!