David Mortimer is an Adelaide poet. His poems have been published in the Adelaide Review, Artstate, Blue Dog, Blue Giraffe, Best Australian Poems, First Edition, Gawler Bunyip, The Peninsula, The Perfect Diary, TransAdelaide Express and Friendly Street Readers, in the e-journal Malleable Jangle, and broadcast on Radio Adelaide 101.5fm Writers Radio. His poem '4 Months Old' was the prize-winning poem in the inaugural Gawler Poetry Cup 2003, and published in beyond the shimmering (Gawler Literary Fund 2003). His poem 'Train to Noarlunga' won first prize in the open category of the Poetry Unhinged 2005 competition.