Hilary Menos

Poet

Hilary Menos is a poet. Her first collection, Berg, (Seren, 2009) won the Forward Prize for Best First Collection 2010. Her second collection is Red Devon, (Seren, 2013). Her first pamphlet, Extra Maths, was one of four winners of The Poetry Business International Book & Pamphlet Competition 2004/05. Her second pamphlet, Wheelbarrow Farm, was one of four winners of the 2010 Templar Pamphlet & Collection Awards. Her third pamphlet, Human Tissue, was a winner in The Poetry Business International Book & Pamphlet Competition 2019/20.

“Menos creates small worlds packed tight, seamless, masterfully compressed. Her poems have wit, range and strength; they are contemporary, varied and highly imaginative.” — Ruth Padel

“… crackles with formal skill, with extraordinary, vibrant language … and with great style.” — Carol Ann Duffy

 

NEWS: The Friday Poem launched in June 2021, edited by  Hilary Menos and Andy Brodie. It publishes a new, original poem on its front page every Friday, plus features and book reviews by and for poets. Find out more at The Friday Poem.

NEWS: Legitimate Snack 034 from Broken Sleep Books coming soon — Fear of Forks by Hilary Menos

The Friday Poem

What is The Friday Poem? It’s a new website set up by Hilary Menos and Andy Brodie. Every Friday morning it publishes a poem on the front page. The poem stays there for a week. When a new poem arrives, the old poem is archived. The previous three Friday Poems are archived on the front […]

The Poetry School

“The Poetry Business Competition has a great record of giving us exciting new work,” says Jonathan Edwards in his round-up of pamphlets by Emma Simon, Hilary Menos and Nick Om on the Poetry School blog. “These three winners – ranging from the accessible, witty, and moving poems of Emma Simon, through the powerful tale of […]