Patrick Cabello Hansel is a poet and retired Lutheran pastor of dual-language parishes in New York City, Philadelphia, and Minneapolis. His first book of poems, "The Devouring Land," focuses on the lives of recent immigrants to the US. His second poetry book, "Quitting Time," narrates his father’s life during the Great Depression, World War II, and other events of mid-20th century America. Patrick's poems have been published in the US, the UK, the Philippines, Ireland, and Israel.