Hilary Menos
And it’s not just forks. Prize-winning poet Hilary Menos calls in whole canteens of cutlery. That includes asparagus tongs, teaspoons with wrythen knops, a caviar shovel and a set of butter knives. Not to mention zombies, an oyster shucker, a burr grinder, a salt sabre and a brass pendulum. But (like all poetry) Fear of Forks is really …
Human Tissue was a winner in The Poetry Business Book & Pamphlet Competition 2019-20 HUMAN TISSUE because that’s what’s written on the white insulated bags they use to transport organs for transplant. Sometimes HUMAN ORGAN, or ORGAN FOR TRANSPLANT, but mostly HUMAN TISSUE. In blue capital letters on a white background — like the cover of this …
In Red Devon Hilary Menos — a self-confessed ‘blow in’ from ‘upcountry’ — reveals her experiences of moving into a tight-knit rural community and examines the human and animal costs of the conflict between traditional farming and modern commercial agriculture. She also tells the story of a burgeoning love affair between farmer Grunt Garvey and haulier …
Wheelbarrow Farm was a winner in the 2010 Templar Pamphlet & Collection Awards. Smalll farms — especially organic farms — had it tough in 2009 in the UK. Wheelbarrow Farmexamines the often grim business of farming and farm workers in and around an area of South Devon. The characters who populate this short collection are fictional, but …
Berg was the winner of the Forward Poetry Prize Best First Collection 2010 In this first collection from Hilary Menos, icebergs floating down the Thames jostle with transvestites in Singapore, aliens wading the Hudson River and the lively crew from the local slaughterhouse. We go shopping with Ingomar the barbarian and watch Bernard Manning gigging …
Extra Maths was a winner in The Poetry Business Book & Pamphlet Competition 2004 “Elegant, witty, poignant, polished. This is poetry that makes me gasp.” — John Latham “She observes her personal life and transmutes it into poetry with skill and purpose.” — Gerard Benson Extra Maths My father is giving me extra maths. I am …
