Let's make this birthday one to remember.

89 years old (Born on September 10, 1935)

Happy Birthday, Mary Oliver! To the poet who made us smile appreciatively at geese, fall passionately in love with grasshoppers eating sugar from our hands, and convinced countless readers to turn off their screens long enough to marvel (and maybe even frolic!) outdoors. Your words have whispered gentle wisdom into hearts everywhere—and let's be honest, no one else could make us proudly say we're "wildly obsessed" with ferns.

From your Pulitzer Prize-winning genius of *American Primitive* and awe-inspiring beauty woven throughout each line of *Dream Work*, you've shown mountains how it's done—standing tall gracefully for decades. Enjoy celebrating another poetic orbit; may it include plenty more walks with curiosity and joy trailing behind every step!