Girls on the Run (poem)

Girls on the Run

First edition
Author	John Ashbery
Cover artist	Henry Darger - 'Storm Brewing'
Language	English
Publisher	Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Publication date	1999
Publication place	United States
Pages	55
ISBN	0374162700

Girls on the Run is a long poem by the American writer John Ashbery, published in its own volume in 1999. The narrative centers on a group of girls known as the Vivians, who try to create an ideal world for themselves. The poem was inspired by the works of Henry Darger, a Chicago-based outsider artist who, among other things, collected street waste, compiled various catalogues, and wrote a massive fantasy novel.^[1]