Sameera Fathima, Author at FemAsia Magazine

Sameera Fathima

Sameera is a Srilankan who lives in East London. She has a Diploma in teaching from the college of education in Sri Lanka and worked as a teacher in Sri Lanka. She started to write in the school days and could not continue writing as life changed. But still she believes that writing is her therapy for all her inarticulated feelings.

Fictional Arts·Literature·Poetry

White-necked Crow on Coffee Tree

An Unending DreamLike a moss coatedon the balconies of childhood…The white-necked crow ,who perches dailyon the branchesof coffee tree .In Umma’s languageit’s a ‘town crow.’my imagination haswings larger than the crow’s.Would the town crowcarry my message to “Waappa?When Umma gave a tinkling

by Sameera Fathima

Fictional Arts·Literature

Kite Running Days

Kite running days An ambery summer Lay on harvested crops. Our salad days flapped like Dragonflies. We piled up pebbles under Shade of the giant Albizia. Tween us in loosen plaits And frocks with un-tied knots. Shrieks and squeals about the

by Sameera Fathima

Fictional Arts·Literature

Monsoon

Sky shelters the magic bowls that wrapped. Drizzle dances Ahead of street lights. Stillness of the wet city Breeze and chilly. Carving bundles Of memories. I could sense-even a city has nerves Of such emotions. A mid-night sounds Of heavy rain drops.

by Sameera Fathima

Fictional Arts·Literature

The Soaked Rotty Pieces

These Lengthy nights of winter Like a bird which sings in the drizzle Won’t sleep without the warmth of your memories. The heart where I hold Your pose which was Twenty years old Still moist… Evening sunlit wafting from the kitchen window.

by Sameera Fathima

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Sameera Fathima

White-necked Crow on Coffee Tree

Kite Running Days

Monsoon

The Soaked Rotty Pieces