David Mercier Parsons was born on April 16, 1943, in Villa Rica, Georgia, and is an American author, poet, and educator.

He is a founder and program director of Writers in Performance[2], a monthly reading series in partnership with the non-profit Montgomery County Literary Arts Council which he founded and co-directs.

[5] In 2019, his poem, “The Texian,” was installed in bronze at Lone Star Monument & Historical Flag Park in Conroe, Texas.

[11] Charles Ealy, writing in the Austin American Statesman, says of the collection Reaching for Longer Water "David M. Parsons .

"[12] Poet Ange Mlinko writes of Parsons and his work, “It is deeply informed by English and American literature.