Lee Fraser is from Aotearoa New Zealand. She was linguist in PNG and Kenya in her 20s, collided with domesticity in Aotearoa during her 30s, and later rediscovered health through poetry. She uses poetry for ogling life’s details, for emotional archaeology, and for comic relief, sometimes simultaneously. Her work is in Amsterdam Quarterly, Ink Sweat & Tears, Meniscus, Micro Madness, NZPS anthologies, Poetry Aotearoa Yearbook, Stone Poetry Quarterly, Underbelly and elsewhere. Some of her 50 published/forthcoming pieces are at leefraserpoetry.com or Instagram @leefraserpoetry

Her poetry feature sets have included Akaroa Open Mic, Biketober, Canterbury Poets' Collective Poetry in Performance, Face/Off Comedy vs Poetry, Late Night Poetry, Lobe Sessions, Soft Pals, Speakeasy, and Te Pūtahi’s Christchurch Conversations. She won her regional slam in 2023 and 2024, and placed fourth nationally in 2024.

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