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Stuttering
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From People Who Stutter (PWS)
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The Voice Within - a poem by Bennett Gross
I Get Stuck - a poem by Eric Christensen
The Scatman by John "The Scatman" Larkin
Stutter by Louise Heite
A Silent Room and Soft Breeze by Ed Francy
Public Speaking 101 sent by Chris Vacca
I Do It by Gene Dinovo
Wordplay by Louise Heite
The following poetry about stuttering appears in The First Yes - Poems about Communicating edited by Barbara Goldberg. This poetry anthology commemorates the 50th anniversary of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Foundation, The poetry relating specifically to stuttering appears on this site, with permission.
Sweet Relief by Jason Gray
What Does It Mean to Be a Stutterer? by Matt Goodman
Changes by Stefan Bogdanov
Two Cities , a free translation of a poem by the famous Russian poet, E.Evtushenko,1965, rhymed with the experiences of a stutterer by Stefan Bogdanov
For Marilyn by Geoffrey Mangers
Listen by Anita S. Blom
Getting Stuck by Max J., age 10
Stutter by Michael Caggiano
Carl's Feelings: A Poem About Stuttering by Carl N., almost 12
Why by Claus Christophani
Tuesday Night Fight by Eric F.
A Stutter Acrostic by Chase Kustra, age 9
Mis-Step by Emily
Don't You Know by Sergio Torres
The Space Inside My Name by Jesse Loesberg
Sign by William T. Evetts
Fragile Speak by John T. Solomon
So Many Words by Bethany Turner
Stutter by Anonymous
Several poems by Jim Abbott
You're Not Alone by Pat Tenneriello
Learn Well Your Grammar by Lewis Carroll
Stuttering Freely by Sarah Watson
Don't Go There by Allan Brown
Naked by Allan Brown
The Pause by John K. Karpinski
Victory by Sarah Watson
It's Me - a poem by David Benson
Dance by Nora O'Connor
Acceptance by Dirk Vannetelbosch
With Apologies to WS by Barry Howze
Public Speaking by Michael Bell
Me the Key by Roger W Hancock
Forward by Jason Walther
Stuttering by Lindsey Lambert
Block by Madison Garcia
I Have Many Things Yet To Say: (A Stutterer's Lament) by James Harker, Jr.
My Stuttering - a poem by 15 year old Philip
My Stutter by James Harker, Jr.
Silent No More by James Harker, Jr.
Words As Emotions by James Harker, Jr.
A Girl of Six by Dana M. E. Alhaddad
He Is in Love! by Dana M. E. Alhaddad
My Head Is Held Up in the Sky by Dana M. E. Alhaddad
Hey, World by Dana M. E. Alhaddad
A Story from India by Sachin Srivastava
Poems by John Karpinski
Honest Speech by Erin Schick (on YouTube)