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John Ashbery’s *Girls on the Run* draws inspiration from the reclusive outsider artist Henry Darger, who spent decades creating an expansive illustrated narrative about a group of girls. Ashbery reimagines this world in his own poetic style, crafting vivid, dreamlike landscapes that hint at both wonder and underlying menace. The poem navigates a fragmented narrative that evokes a surreal adventure, resonating with themes of youth, imagination, and the fragile boundary between innocence and danger.
First publish date: 1999
Genre: Poetry/Contemporary Poetry
Authors: John Ashbery
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