Charleston: Walking With Ghosts by David Edwards. Featuring poetry by Marcus Amaker and A$iahMae.
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FREE VERSE PRESS

Free Verse Press is an independent publisher of poetry books based in Charleston, SC. We also produce the Free Verse Poetry Festival. Our festival has featured Jericho Brown, Andrea Gibson, Aja Monet, and others.

Our authors have been profiled in World Literature Today, The Washington Post, and more!

“Waiting for Sunset to Bury Red Camellias” by Miho Kinnas

“Releasing Birds”
by Lisa Spears

poems by Lowcountry students, Volume 2

“Hold What Makes You Whole”
by Marcus Amaker

2024 Free Verse Poetry Prize

poems by Lowcountry students, Volume 1

“Running Naked in the Snow”
by Linda Joy Walder

2022 Free Verse Poetry Prize

Anthology of Charleston Poets

“Black Music Is”
by Marcus Amaker and Nathan Durfee

“The Birth of All Things”
by Marcus Amaker