“Alone disappears into // your gullet and you don’t grow / fatter with happiness or a kid—no, // you stay thin.”

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From Skinny by Suzanne Marie Hopcroft

 

Howdy pardner,
and welcome to the sixth issue of Breakwater Review!

The Inaugural Breakwater Review Poetry Contest is now CLOSED. Thanks so much to all of our entrants for their participation! Read the winners in Breakwater issue 7, coming in June.

Issue 6 Cover: Reprise by Gerburg Garmann

We’re glad you’re here to enjoy the pleasures of each piece—there sure were a lot of them submitted, and we love that.

Be sure to check out our interview with Hanging Loose editors (well, they’re rock stars in our eyes) Mark Pawlak and Dick Lourie.

Don’t be a stranger.

Cheers,
The Editors

Breakwater  Review is managed by MFA candidates at the University of  Massachusetts-Boston. We are dedicated to finding and showcasing exceptional pieces of poetry and prose.