Samodh Porawagamage's first book, becoming sam, was selected by Jaswinder Bolina as the winner of the 2022 Burnside Review Press Book Award. He writes about the 2004 tsunami, Sri Lankan Civil War, poverty and underdevelopment, and colonial and imperial atrocities. His poems have appeared in the anthology Out of Sri Lanka: Tamil, Sinhala & English Poetry from Sri Lanka & Its Diasporas (Bloodaxe Books) and a number of journals.

Other poems on the web by Samodh Porawagamage:
"After You, Lakdhas"
"Untitled"
"Postcard #6"
Two poems
Six poems
Two poems
Five poems
"Letter from the Back Page at History Class"
"Dear Su,"