David H. Morton (February 21, 1886 – June 13, 1957) was an American poet.
[1] Born in Elkton, Kentucky, he graduated from Vanderbilt University in 1909.
[2][3] Morton played on the varsity football team.
After a decade of newspaper work, starting at the Louisville Courier-Journal, he became a teacher in the high school at Morristown, New Jersey.
[5] He is noted for having written a fan letter to Dashiell Hammett.