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The Young Lad and the Qu’ran: a free verse poem

Melissa Lemay invites us to write a Melissa’s Fandango Flash Fiction Challenge #252 fiction piece or a poem inspired by this photogtraph. There are no style or word limits. I wrote a simple poem. I hope you enjoy it.

The Young Lad and the Qu’ran

A young lad was reading the Qu’ran
He wants to learn what it’s all about
So absorbed was he,
He didn’t hear his mum shout, come on son,
it’s time for tea.
He couldn’t take his eyes away from the book,
It’s time for tea, son,
Mum, come and look!
It’s full of good stories, said the lad,
teaching what’s good and what’s bad.

Lesley Scoble, January 2024

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
Thank you, Melissa for the Melissa’s Fandango Flash Fiction Challenge #252

Image credit
The image is from Muhammad-Taha Ibrahim on Pexels

Lesley lives in the City of London Square Mile. An artist, actor and sculptor (her first ceramic sculpture won the V&A inspired by… Award). Scenic artist & book illustrator, playwright (her musical play, Rapscallion performed in inner city schools and theatre school); TV dancer; Animator and illustrator for TV production. Set up Pinecone Studios Ltd and IIMSI Ltd drama and filmmaking workshops in London – producing award-winning films made by children.

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14 responses to “The Young Lad and the Qu’ran: a free verse poem”

  2. I enjoyed your take. That you bring his mother into the story, adds a wonderful new aspect. He does seem focused on his reading, and it is wonderful to see a book, especially a book of faith, in a youth’s hands in place of a screen.

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