Alec Finlay is an artist, poet, and publisher based in Newcastle upon Tyne. Finlay has adopted such innovative poetic forms as the mesostic and circle-poem. Recent poetic works include Mesostic Remedy (morning star, 2009) and Mesostic Interleaved (morning star & The University of Edinburgh, 2009). Finlay established morning star in 1990, a press specialising in publications involving collaborations between artists and poets, including the award-winning pocketbooks series (1999–2002). In particular, his practice weaves together art and poetry with nature, ecology, and sustainability.
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