Michael Steven

Guest writer

Michael Steven is the author of Walking to Jutland Street, a collection of poems published by Otago University Press in 2018. He has worked as an electrician, a stage manager and a bookstore clerk, and lives in West Auckland with his partner and son. Michael was born in Auckland in 1977.

The road into Hawera. (Photo: Brendon O’Hagan/Bloomberg/Getty)

The Friday Poem: Dropped Pin: Hāwera, South Taranaki, by Michael Steven

A new poem from West Auckland poet Michael Steven.

By Michael Steven | 20th August, 2021

A Volkswagen Beetle being worked on in a garage, Hungary, Budapest, 1978.

The Friday Poem: ‘Neilson Street’ by Michael Steven

New verse by West Auckland writer Michael Steven.

By Michael Steven | 13th April, 2018