Despite the unsettling advancement of weapons technology in the 21st century, storytelling remains a powerful force for promoting conflict resolution and peace. First Nations poetry of peace is a continuation of millennia-old Indigenous practices to maintain or restore balance in our worlds through storytelling.
After the failure of the October referendum to enshrine a First Nations Voice in the constitution, there has largely been silence about alternative roadmaps to peace in Australia. Yet, even in this silence, we can still hear the extraordinary voices of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people calling for peace in their storytelling. Might we then re-envision First Nations poetry as a work of makarrata?
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