Love-Lap Holier than Martyr-field
The Lap of Love is holier than the Martyr-field or the prayer-mat, or so claims Mujeeb Jaihoon
2018 Poems
The New Year Prayer
Lofty hopes keep the humanity in prayers as the the past year elopes paving the way for another year
eMojical Love
Jaihoon’s poem explores the loss of genuine emotion in a world dominated by digital expression, where love and tears are reduced to emojis.
Win My Face Within
A hidden love seeks solace within, yearning to be found in the depths of her heart.
Roses are red. Violets are blood
A tribute to the 8-year-old girl who was ‘kidnapped, starved, drugged, and raped repeatedly inside a Hindu temple’ in Kathua, Jammu- India in January 2018
Ghouta: Cultured Vultures, Uncivilized Vampires
Mujeeb Jaihoon’s tribute to the two-year-old boy, Emir al-Bash, martyred in Ghouta, the war-torn suburb of Syria.