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Rooms Author(s): Frank Stanford Source: The Iowa Review, Vol. 5, No. 2 (Spring, 1974), p. 20 Published by: University of Iowa Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/20158213 . Accessed: 16/06/2014 02:31 Your use of the JSTOR archive indicates your acceptance of the Terms & Conditions of Use, available at . http://www.jstor.org/page/info/about/policies/terms.jsp . JSTOR is a not-for-profit service that helps scholars, researchers, and students discover, use, and build upon a wide range of content in a trusted digital archive. We use information technology and tools to increase productivity and facilitate new forms of scholarship. For more information about JSTOR, please contact [email protected]. . University of Iowa is collaborating with JSTOR to digitize, preserve and extend access to The Iowa Review. http://www.jstor.org This content downloaded from 195.34.79.223 on Mon, 16 Jun 2014 02:31:43 AM All use subject to JSTOR Terms and Conditions

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RoomsAuthor(s): Frank StanfordSource: The Iowa Review, Vol. 5, No. 2 (Spring, 1974), p. 20Published by: University of IowaStable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/20158213 .

Accessed: 16/06/2014 02:31

Your use of the JSTOR archive indicates your acceptance of the Terms & Conditions of Use, available at .http://www.jstor.org/page/info/about/policies/terms.jsp

.JSTOR is a not-for-profit service that helps scholars, researchers, and students discover, use, and build upon a wide range ofcontent in a trusted digital archive. We use information technology and tools to increase productivity and facilitate new formsof scholarship. For more information about JSTOR, please contact [email protected].

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University of Iowa is collaborating with JSTOR to digitize, preserve and extend access to The Iowa Review.

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ROOMS

A boy sits on the mantle with a piece of string Tied to his tooth A big woman rocks by the fire

With a pan of peas in her lap

On the radio they say a convict

Is loose and heading this way The boy stares at the doorknob

Like a soft-shell turtle on a log

That coward who tipped off the law Leans on the pool cue in the corner

He can t sleep The hinge sings like a falling tree

Someone moves among cattle

Someone is blamed for all misfortune

The fat woman rocking near the door

Laughs at the boy with the sleeve over his eyes

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