https://michellehantaylor.com/poems daily 0.75 2026-02-01 https://michellehantaylor.com/poems/poems-are-for-good monthly 0.5 2026-02-01 https://michellehantaylor.com/poems/souvenirs-etc monthly 0.5 2025-07-08 https://michellehantaylor.com/poems/i-shared-ash-with-a-flower monthly 0.5 2024-10-03 https://michellehantaylor.com/poems/first-words monthly 0.5 2024-02-28 https://michellehantaylor.com/poems/the-webs monthly 0.5 2023-09-26 https://michellehantaylor.com/poems/for-the-kids monthly 0.5 2023-04-19 https://michellehantaylor.com/poems/a-for-hymn-him monthly 0.5 2023-01-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61ab0c8f59048752998cf8db/e6adddf6-ee95-4c21-b6fe-d4f77904b2cf/ACS_0198.jpeg Poems - a/for hymn/him - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://michellehantaylor.com/poems/26-taps-in-a-minute monthly 0.5 2022-09-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61ab0c8f59048752998cf8db/1663619932283-VS0RIPAQCY1EQ9ATRILI/Screen+Shot+2022-09-19+at+1.24.06+PM.png Poems - 26 taps in a minute an entire country under water a boomerang of cheers 10 dead at my alma mater girls with filtered bunny ears a birth announcement - it’s a boy! a man who touched a kid an ad for vegan meat - it’s soy! your friend who’s in madrid an entire summer in 5 seconds someone’s very productive morning a trunk full of deadly weapons more effects of global warming https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61ab0c8f59048752998cf8db/1663620026303-D4RRJKO2I7CA53MX0MJB/Screen+Shot+2022-09-19+at+1.40.10+PM.png Poems - 26 taps in a minute a gofundme for a funeral a crowded party you’re not at someone’s tattoo of Roman numerals another shooting - rat-at-tat your favorite actress on vacation tips to help your self-esteem children dying of starvation then a funny deep-fried meme a live stream of a deadly stabbing moments from a wedding some random influencer blabbing stories i’m already forgetting now a meal your friend ate and with whom then a repost from @complex we’ll never process all this doom so we just keep on tapping next https://michellehantaylor.com/poems/i-didnt-care-much-for-flowers monthly 0.5 2022-09-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61ab0c8f59048752998cf8db/1662084581467-RJ65VMD3R0TJ1M4B3BLD/IMG_3658.jpeg Poems - i didn’t care much for flowers - i didn’t care much for flowers ’til you came into my life and showed me beauty if worth having almost especially if it dies - when we’re both a hundred and long gone are these days we can still look forward to picking flowers for our graves https://michellehantaylor.com/poems/instructions-for-when-i-die monthly 0.5 2022-08-24 https://michellehantaylor.com/poems/at-least-then-theyll-have-done-something monthly 0.5 2022-08-23 https://michellehantaylor.com/poems/in-between-sets monthly 0.5 2022-08-23 https://michellehantaylor.com/poems/love-in-our-tombs monthly 0.5 2022-08-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61ab0c8f59048752998cf8db/1644293927160-AT9B7LOMRE3FT5BEEETC/ACS_0947.JPG Poems - love in our tombs - why don’t we do this forever and ever? 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