His major poetry collections include FURY,[1] Scientific Papers, The Invisible Kings, Enchantment, The Gypsy and the Poet, and The Magic of What's There are published by Carcanet Press.
[2] The Invisible Gift: Selected Poems was published by Carcanet and won The Ted Hughes Award for New Work in Poetry.
FURY published in August 2020 was a Poetry Book Society Choice and shortlisted for The Forward Prize for Best Collection.
Morley read Zoology at Bristol University, gaining a fellowship from the Freshwater Biological Association.
Before his appointment as a Fellow at Warwick University, David Morley directed the National Association of Writers in Education.