David Bristol is a retired lawyer. He is the author of four books of poetry: The Hour of the Poem Poem (New Academia/Scarith Press, 2015), Toad and Other Poems (The Bunny and the Crocodile Press, 2002), Paradise and Cash (Washington Writers Publishing House, 1980) and The Monk Who Made His Mamma Happy (The Bunny and the Crocodile Press, 1977).