Free Verse Poetry Festival returns for 7th year with focus on healing, relaxation, community
Post & Courier, October 12, 2023

Free Verse Festival publishes poems from Charleston residents related to ‘connectedness’
Poet & Courier, April 24, 2020

Marcus Amaker’s third annual Free Verse poetry festival invites the city to speak up
Charleston City Paper, August 21, 2019

Free Verse hosts poetic plates pop-up at Daps Thurs. Oct. 25
Charleston City Paper, October 12, 2018

Free Verse Poetry Festival kicks off with public art projects
Charleston City Paper, October 1, 2018

Marcus Amaker’s poetic celebration, Free Verse Festival, returns for its second year
Charleston City Paper, October 17, 2018

Critics’ Picks: Free Verse Festival is back and brimming with poetry
Charleston City Paper, October 17, 2018

Charleston’s Free Verse Poetry Festival offers week-long word immersion
Post and Courier, October 14, 2018

Charleston’s Poet Laureate announces Free Verse, the city’s first poetry festival
Charleston Chronicle, May 12, 2017

Marcus Amaker presents the city’s first poetry festival, Free Verse, this fall.
Charleston City Paper, May 10, 2017.

City’s poet laureate announces festival.
Post and Courier, May 14, 2017.

Marcus Amaker Announces Creation Of Charleston’s First Poetry Festival
Holy City Sinner, MAY 13, 2017