Born in County Derry, Northern Ireland in 1976, Jo Burns studied Biomedical Science. She now lives in Germany. Her poems are published by or forthcoming in: A New Ulster, Forage, Four x Four, Headstuff, Ink Sweat and Tears, Headstuff Lakeview International Journal of Arts and Literature, Orbis, Picaroon, Poethead, Poetry Breakfast, Poetry on the Lake, Poetry Pacific, Prole, Shotglass Journal, The Incubator, The Galway Review, The Honest Ulsterman, The Interpreter’s House, The Irish Literary Times, The Literateur among others. Her work has been nominated for the Pushcart Prize and highly commended several competitions. She is one of Eyewear Publishing’s Best New British and Irish Poets 2017.
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