Barbara Saunier grew up in West Michigan, and wrote her first poem at the age of six — which she then gave to the family dentist, who kept it in her file until he retired. She took up writing poetry again several decades later, along the way supporting herself operating a solder pot on an assembly line, decorating furniture, life modeling, and free-lance writing—eventually picking up degrees from the University of Michigan and Western Michigan University. Poet Lore, Nimrod International Journal, Spoon River Poetry Review and numerous others have presented her poems, and her work has been honored with first place in The MacGuffin 16th National Poet Hunt. After teaching at Grand Rapids Community College for twenty-seven years, she is now retired and living quietly on a rural property with her horses, cats, and terrier — and still practicing practicing practicing dressage.