Esme Oliver is a poet, dungeon master and barista residing the great Te Awakairangi/Lower Hutt. She is fascinated with the way storytelling can connect people. Lately her poetry has focused on identity, spirituality, and the fight for wholeness. When she’s not writing, she can be found swapping dad jokes over the espresso machine at Trade School Kitchen in Naenae or beating her fiancé at board games.
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