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Subject: DARGER, HENRY (1892-1972)
Matches Found: 28

GIRLS ON THE RUN: 1, by JOHN ASHBERY    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: A great plane flew across the sun
Last Line: Before they get back. And, quivering, I took the pen
Subject(s): Darger, Henry (1892-1972); Girls


GIRLS ON THE RUN: 1, by JOHN ASHBERY    Poem Source         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: A great plane flew across the sun
Last Line: And they all ran, and got out, and that was that for that day
Subject(s): Darger, Henry (1892-1972); Girls


GIRLS ON THE RUN: 10, by JOHN ASHBERY    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: Often a strange desire
Subject(s): Darger, Henry (1892-1972); Girls


GIRLS ON THE RUN: 10, by JOHN ASHBERY    Poem Source         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: Often a strange desire
Last Line: He counted good-humoredly. And these are our intuitions!
Subject(s): Darger, Henry (1892-1972); Girls


GIRLS ON THE RUN: 11, by JOHN ASHBERY    Poem Source         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: First the cellos rebelled. Then a broader breaking-out erupted
Last Line: From itself, and if more sleep hadn't built up on the other side
Subject(s): Darger, Henry (1892-1972); Girls


GIRLS ON THE RUN: 12, by JOHN ASHBERY    Poem Source         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: Other dreams. Judy the petulant watered her flowers
Last Line: If a cannonball was your uncle. Yipes, %the general said
Subject(s): Darger, Henry (1892-1972); Girls


GIRLS ON THE RUN: 13, by JOHN ASHBERY    Poem Source         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: And some were vortices
Last Line: But it was too late to use it
Subject(s): Darger, Henry (1892-1972); Girls


GIRLS ON THE RUN: 14, by JOHN ASHBERY    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: Heightened with a sense of mysterious confusion, or completion
Subject(s): Darger, Henry (1892-1972); Girls


GIRLS ON THE RUN: 14, by JOHN ASHBERY    Poem Source         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: Heightened with a sense of mysterious confusion, or completion
Last Line: Until we are found at last behind the bathroom door, with the broom
Subject(s): Darger, Henry (1892-1972); Girls


GIRLS ON THE RUN: 15, by JOHN ASHBERY    Poem Source         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: Fred began to get chills: it sure was his mission, he averred
Last Line: Another way, or brought our chairs back to where the laundry was spread out, effectively %drying
Subject(s): Darger, Henry (1892-1972); Girls


GIRLS ON THE RUN: 16, by JOHN ASHBERY    Poem Source         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: Dolores...You wisteria
Last Line: She was begged. Bring us all to your birch tree
Subject(s): Darger, Henry (1892-1972); Girls


GIRLS ON THE RUN: 17, by JOHN ASHBERY    Poem Source         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: After a few rounds of this the leader fell silent
Last Line: So the bad angels went away, and other creatures returned
Subject(s): Darger, Henry (1892-1972); Girls


GIRLS ON THE RUN: 18, by JOHN ASHBERY    Poem Source         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: Did you read that book I was telling you about? Ach, it concerns puberty
Last Line: And fat disappointment, tears in the rain. Somebody is coming over the %radio. %a lull
Subject(s): Darger, Henry (1892-1972); Girls


GIRLS ON THE RUN: 19, by JOHN ASHBERY    Poem Source         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: He complicated everything by dying. He wouldn't hear
Last Line: As pamela was at last captured
Subject(s): Darger, Henry (1892-1972); Girls


GIRLS ON THE RUN: 2, by JOHN ASHBERY    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: Hungeringly, tidbit approached the crone who held the bowl
Last Line: If I had a handle, laure thought
Subject(s): Darger, Henry (1892-1972); Girls


GIRLS ON THE RUN: 2, by JOHN ASHBERY    Poem Source         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: Hungeringly, tidbit approached the crone who held the bowl
Last Line: If I had a handle, laure thought
Subject(s): Darger, Henry (1892-1972); Girls


GIRLS ON THE RUN: 20, by JOHN ASHBERY    Poem Source         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: A virtual rout ensued. Tell me, can you tell it any
Last Line: It was like everywhere. It was just average
Subject(s): Darger, Henry (1892-1972); Girls


GIRLS ON THE RUN: 21, by JOHN ASHBERY    Poem Source         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: When more and more people come to you, you know
Last Line: The wide avenue smiles
Subject(s): Darger, Henry (1892-1972); Girls


GIRLS ON THE RUN: 3, by JOHN ASHBERY    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: Out in michigan, or was it minnesota, though, time had stopped
Last Line: Of wood, yet it can cause everything to take place and change for you
Subject(s): Darger, Henry (1892-1972); Girls


GIRLS ON THE RUN: 3, by JOHN ASHBERY    Poem Source         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: Out in michigan, or was it minnesota, though, time had stopped
Last Line: Of wood, yet it can cause everything to take place and change for you
Subject(s): Darger, Henry (1892-1972); Girls


GIRLS ON THE RUN: 4, by JOHN ASHBERY    Poem Source         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: Dearest, we had waited for this star
Last Line: Worse, it was traditional to feel this way
Subject(s): Darger, Henry (1892-1972); Girls


GIRLS ON THE RUN: 5, by JOHN ASHBERY    Poem Source         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: Just as a good pianist will adjust the piano stool
Last Line: Only I think we're...It's all coming nearer
Subject(s): Darger, Henry (1892-1972); Girls


GIRLS ON THE RUN: 6, by JOHN ASHBERY    Poem Source         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: Nov 7. Returned again to the exhibition. How strange it is that when we
Last Line: So may it be until the end that is eternity
Subject(s): Darger, Henry (1892-1972); Girls


GIRLS ON THE RUN: 7, by JOHN ASHBERY    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: The thread ended up on the floor
Last Line: And so they left home that day
Subject(s): Darger, Henry (1892-1972); Girls


GIRLS ON THE RUN: 7, by JOHN ASHBERY    Poem Source         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: The thread ended up on the floor
Last Line: And so they left home that day
Subject(s): Darger, Henry (1892-1972); Girls


GIRLS ON THE RUN: 8, by JOHN ASHBERY    Poem Source         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: All aboard! If there's one thing I hate it's a loner,'
Last Line: Sinks and dies of its own weight. All the marbles have rolled inside the house
Subject(s): Darger, Henry (1892-1972); Girls


GIRLS ON THE RUN: 9, by JOHN ASHBERY    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: And now everyone must sleep
Last Line: On the iniquity scale, and nobody wanted to get involved
Subject(s): Darger, Henry (1892-1972); Girls


GIRLS ON THE RUN: 9, by JOHN ASHBERY    Poem Source         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: And now everyone must sleep
Last Line: On the iniquity scale, and nobody wanted to get involved
Subject(s): Darger, Henry (1892-1972); Girls