Pacifism in the Poems of Judith Wright and Oodgeroo Noonuccal

Two renowned and popular australian war poets deal with war and its drastic effects on humanity in their poems. These two poets have witnessed Second World War. Ramification of society, and politics during their time was recorded as they were inspired with these thoughts and feelings. These two poet’s poems are comprised of poetic expressions that have insights of destructions, wickedness, of war, countless killings of human beings who are innocent. Fabrications of these thoughts are expressed in an intellectual and rational way in the poems of these two poets. Peaceful world gets transformed into an inhumane bandemonium by the cruelty of war. The fang of horrific war has influenced many peoples sensory art. Wright and Oodgeroo are of the opinion that War is an evil which has no place in the lives of simple, innocent human beings. As a result, the poets attempt to suggest solution to eradicatewar that is an evil on earth. To put it in a nut shell, a note of Pacifism is present in the poetry of these two authors that appeals to humanity to have no more war as it leads to bloodshed, dejection and hostility.The poets advocate an end to war which is an attempt to attain Peace and harmony.