Steven Mayoff Novelist, Poet and Lyricist

Standing on the Shoulders of Weaklings

Steven’s spoken lyric video Standing on the Shoulders of Weaklings is now on YouTube.

raining carnations

Steven’s video poem raining carnations is now on YouTube.

Life's Bad Novel

Steven’s spoken lyric video Life’s Bad Novel is up on YouTube

Said No One Ever

Steven’s spoken lyric video Said No One Ever is now up on YouTube.

Who Gets Remembered?

Steven’s spoken lyric video Who Gets Remembered? is on YouTube.

Learning to Leave

Steven’s video poem Learning to Leave (from his revised edition Swinging Between Water and Stone published by Galleon Books in 2025) is now up on YouTube

The Heart and the Soul

Steven’s spoken lyric video The Heart and the Soul is now up on YouTube.

Saving the Super-Rich from Themselves

Steven’s spoken lyric video Saving the Super-Rich from Themselves is now on YouTube.

An Eye for a Tooth

Steven’s spoken lyric video An Eye for a Tooth is on YouTube.

This is My Status

Steven’s video poem This is My Status in on YouTube.

I Don't Know Who Needs to Hear This

Steven’s spoken lyric video I Don’t Know Who Needs to Hear This is on YouTube.

This is Normal

Steven’s spoken lyric video This is Normal is now on YouTube.

A Million Likes to Cure Cancer

Steven’s new spoken lyric video A Million Likes to Cure Cancer is now on YouTube.

The Quiet Part Out Loud

Steven’s video The Quiet Part Out Loud, the second in his series of spoken lyric videos, is now on YouTube.

The Whole Story

Steven’s spoken lyric video The Whole Story is now on YouTube.

Revised Edition Swinging Between Water and Stone

The revised edition of Steven's poetry collection Swinging Between Water and Stone, coming out in May from Galleon Books, uses reincarnation as its theme and is divided into four parts loosely representing birth, life, death and rebirth.

Last year Steven was interviewed by Beth Janzen for her radio series 7 Questions About Death, where they touched on some of these same topics. You can listen to the interview
here.

RESIZED April 1 Swinging full cover

Poems in Spare Parts Literary Magazine

Spare Parts Literary Magazine have published three poems by Steven: The Cornbread Birthday, Bone Fur, and Type 3 Diabetes.