Poem of the Week |10| Tess

Poet and singer/songwriter BeRn, calls her stuff 'Frock'; an eloquent mix of folk, punk angst, rock 'n' roll, feminism, ire, laughter and irrepressible spirit. 2014/15 has been an exciting time for this dynamic performer culminating with performances at Vantastival; Dublin Sunday Slam Champ, August 2014; Lingo Fest 2014; Secret Sounds Fest, 2015; Cork Spring Poetry Fest 2015;PhizzFest (Pen to Page), May 2015, plus a host of other gigs around the country and many more to come. BeRn has opened for Martha Wainwright in San Francisco, has performed with British Poetry Slam Champ, Kat Francois, in The Stratford Theatre in London, placed second in the Bezerkeley Poetry Slam in Berkeley, CA, has won the Clarinbridge Arts Festival Poetry Slam, played the Edinburgh Fringe Festival and The Copenhagen Songwriter's Festival. She has shared stages with Patti Smith, Shane Mc Gowan, Indigo Girls plus many more... To date Bern has recorded 3 albums and is working on her first book of poems. Her poem 12 Money Haiku was published in the Spring 2015 edition of Poetry Bus Magazine.