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 April 6, 2026

Right now, I’m reading Stone Yard Devotional by Charlotte Woods. I hadn’t heard of the title or Woods until randomly coming across both on Barnes & Noble’s site as I was looking for something else. There was something about the stoic landscape on the cover that called me to it. A quick psst! in a field where no one else was. I’ve also been craving something a little quieter, another quick psst that might stay with me.