Hi, I’m Michelle. I reside in Southern California, but you can find me curled up next to a good book anywhere.

Find poems and essays here. I hope you like them.

Thanks for stopping by. <3

michelle han-taylor

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Motherland
Motherland

For as long as I have known my mother, I have never really known my mother. First, there was the language barrier. Not the English–Korean language barrier, but a far more complicated one.

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poems are for Good
poems are for Good

poems are for Good

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  • bullet

  • points

  • to

  • death

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What I’m Reading Right Now

As of February 1, 2025

Right now, I’m reading Be Ready When the Luck Happens, Ina Garten’s memoir. I grew up on The Barefoot Contessa and have always found myself to be a kindred spirit with Ina. I can’t get enough of her and Jeffrey’s love, cooking for her friends in the Hamptons, her blue collared shirts. I mean, isn’t she just fabulous?