Fame - Speeches Poem by Paul Warren

What makes something said in an oratory way
That which is remembered and is quoted to stay
Was it Lincoln's Gettysburg Address after that battle?
When touting that liberty and justice for all was the rattle

Or was in Churchill's fighting on the beaches and landing ground
Gave the British a stiffer back to fight a world war so profound
Do we remember JFK's ‘Ich bin ein Berliner' at the wall made
Or Martin Luther King's ‘I have a dream' that will not fade

And we remember Kevin Rudd's apology to the stolen generation
Have all these speeches built for us all a greater nation?
When we remember those words spoken so well
Will linger in our minds and our hearts will proudly swell.

© Paul Warren Poetry