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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souvenirs, etc.
souvenirs, etc.

Was I ever a child? / Was I really made? Or, had? / I don’t remember waking up before today…

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What I’m Reading Right Now

As of December 4, 2025

Right now, I’m reading The Nickel Boys by Colson Whitehead. I’d heard the movie adaptation of this book was phenomenal, and I’d been meaning to watch it since it’s come out! But looks like I got around to the book first. A couple chapters in, and I’m not complainin’!