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
Jaihoon Poems
Poems by Mujeeb Jaihoon
To the Godless Goons of Mob India
RamaRajya, Mahatma Gandhi’s non-violent utopia of mutual tolerance, has no place for bigots who lynch and leech the Weak.
Becca of My Being
Our dark eyes & filthy hearts unqualify us to claim the Beloved’s love. In spite, a poetic attempt to approach the Beloved.
23 Light Years: The Maryada of Nation of Ram
Mujeeb Jaihoon’s tribute to Abdul Gani Goni, a Kashmiri teacher, acquitted after illegally imprisoned for 23 years.
Near and Far
Jaihoon’s lyric explores the paradoxical nature of love, using biblical allusions to depict the tension between longing and reverence.
The Night of Gold Hunt
Mujeeb Jaihoon hails the frenzied seekers in alphabetical fashion to boldly invoke the Divine blessings of the ‘Power of Night’.
Except the Heart
Mujeeb Jaihoon writes on the pervasive ubiquity of Love, save in its rightful place
Aporetic. Accursed: The Abyss of the Indian Musalman
On the political otherization of Indian Muslims from the Nation’s mainstream politics. A Political poem by Mujeeb Jaihoon
That Friday In Bangla Sang the Paradise-Bird
Mujeeb Jaihoon’s poetic tribute to Hosna Ara Parvin, the brave Bangladeshi lady martyr of ChristChurch terrorist attack, New Zealand, on Mar 15 2019.