in an empty house
the tock of a ticking clock
reverberating
reminder of remaining
seconds, minutes, days and years
© Kim M. Russell, 2016
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My response to Carpe Diem #1043 emptiness
Today we are starting with the spring section of “A Dictionary of Haiku” by Jane Reichhold and the prompt is emptiness, a very strong idea within Zen Buddhism that’s also part of haiku. Chèvrefeuille has shared haiku by Jane to inspire us:
nothing fills
the emptiness of the question
where are they?
the empty nest
my daughter’s house
after the wedding
© Jane Reichhold
writing in north norfolk 
wow! yes everything within our house/home reminds us of the things gone..
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Thanks for reading Aiman!
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My pleasure..
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Lovely and lonely
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Thanks for reading!
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The moments seem eternal when a clock ticks. As a child, whenever I heard a ticking clock, I would have a feeling of peacefulness, and drowsiness.
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Thanks for commenting!
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I have them packed away now but I have lots of knick knacks that belong to my great grandma and grandma and when I put them out because they are so old they remind me of when I lived on the Dairy Farm with my grandparents and worked every summer long…in the dry TX heat…a time that most have forgotten. thanks for helping me to remember a simpler time. ❤ Kat
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That makes me very happy, Kat 😊
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I can hear that clock–and the echoes in the empty house.
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😊
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