Essays
Excerpt from: Creating Short Fiction
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Excerpt from a book by Damon Knight
Toward An Impure Poetry
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Famous essay by Pablo Neruda
Sleepless in Iowa and Seattle
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An article on Howard Dean by Vermont political columnist Peter Freyne.
Conan's Commencement Speech
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Conan O'Brien's Commencement Speech to the Harvard Class of 2000.
Scoops From the Tide Pools
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An essay by Helen Vendler on Mark Ford.
Original writing
Geegaw.com readers' favorite poems > A list of lists from some really great people.
The Door to Learning > Tiny, blurry photos of the Brooklyn Public Library
Detuning the Blue Guitar > A newbie's take on Wallace Stevens' The Man with the Blue Guitar
We Shall All Be Healed > A newbie's interpretation of The Mountain Goats' We Shall All Be Healed
A Few No-Fee Manhattan Landlords Online > Links to six websites of landlords who rent directly.
Brooklyn realtors > Realtors in Brooklyn I found
Seattle's Best Sandwich Shops > Sandwich lovers, take heart -- Seattle isn't the wasteland it first appears to be.
Wealth B*kk*k* > A parody of, and homage to, WealthBondage.com
RFS (proce55ing applet) > RFS: random squiggly lines
nisms (proce55ing applet) > nisms: Hungry boids in a petri dish.
Stars (processing applet) > My first processing applet.
Wonder Twin Powers > My first Flash animation.
How Ikuku Learned the Alphabet > A satirical short story.
The Jesus Lizard > Written for my depressed friends.
Some book reviews > . . . from rather a long time ago.
Poems
The Hotel Eden > A poem by Spencer Short.
To Autumn > A poem by Louise Gluck
Oak Leaves are Hands > A poem by Wallace Stevens
A Fishing Song > a poem by James Wright
The Singing > A poem by C. K. Williams
Young apple tree, December > A poem by Gail Mazur
Winter Fear > A poem by Kay Ryan
No Possum, No Sop, No Taters > A poem by Wallace Stevens.
The Shape of the Fire > a poem by Theodore Roethke.
Outtakes from the Blue Guitar > Verses cut from "The Man with the Blue Guitar"
The Man With the Blue Guitar > Famous poem of 33 cantos by Wallace Stevens.
Dream Song #279 > by John Berryman
First Warmth and As You Leave the Room > Two poems by Wallace Stevens.
Words for Love > A poem by Ted Berrigan.
Horace: two translations > Two translations of Horace's ode iii.30, Exegi monumentum aere perennius.
Onions > A small anthology of poems about onions by Wislawa Szymborska, Pablo Neruda, Robert Hass, and others.
Underneath (9) > A poem by Jorie Graham.
Food Poetry > Two poems about food.
Fragment > A poem by John Ashbery.
Prospect Park and Another Poet Named David > Two poems by David Schubert.
Home > A poem by Laura Mullen.
Your Hair Full of Hours and Todesfugue > Two poems by Paul Celan.
Assorted Poems by John Berryman > Despair, On Suicide, and a couple Dream Songs.
A Procession at Candlemas > A poem by Amy Clampitt.
Annunciations > A poem by Geoffrey Hill.
About Face and Sculpture Garden > Two poems by Mark Levine.
The Lilies Break Open Over the Dark Water > A poem by Mary Oliver.
Poppies in October and Lady Lazarus > Two poems by Sylvia Plath.
Skunk Hour and Child's Song > Two poems by Robert Lowell.
Directive > A poem by Robert Frost.
Wanting to Die > A poem by Anne Sexton.
Autumn Day > A poem by Rilke.
Cotton Flannelette > A poem by Les Murray.
Trip > A poem by James Schuyler.
No Delicacies > A poem by Ingeborg Bachmann.
The Wild Iris > A poem by Louise Gluck.
The Work > A poem by Allen Grossman.
Recipes
Tilapia > I could eat this one every day.
Seared Tuna with Coldbuster Salad > A tasty treat for those special occasions when you only have 15 minutes to cook dinner.
Mango Curry > Based on a recipe from one of A.'s coworkers.
Vegan Eggplant Congee > A nourishing, peculiarly tasty dish.
Faux Wild Ginger Tuna Bruschetta > A household favorite recipe.
Short stories
Cookies.txt > Sudden fiction by Eleanor Rigby
The Inverted Forest > A story by JD Salinger.
A Simple Heart > A short story by Gustave Flaubert.
Site features
Pomme Frites sauce taste test > An excuse to eat lots and lots of fries.
Wish > In lieu of an Amazon Wish List.
Links > Links to sites I like
About > About Miranda
Book list > A subset of recent books I have read.
Poetry Contest > The first and only Geegaw.com poetry contest.
Comics links > My bookmarks on comics.
Music collection > An outdated list of my favorite bands.
African-American lit > A few books I liked or want to read.
FAQ > Questions about this site that were asked frequently in 1999.
Defunct mix tape offer > A long time ago, I didn't have a CD burner.
Song lyrics
Julie Doiron > A couple songs by Julie Doiron.
Flying a Kite > Lyrics to a song by Joanna Newsom
Zanzabar > Rough transcription of one of the songs from The Lonely Island
Ka-Blamo and Stork Patrol > Transcriptions of two music videos by The Lonely Island.