The August 19th prompt in The Daily Poet: Day-By-Day Prompts For Your Writing Practice, by Kelli Russell Agodon & Martha Silano, is to write linked haiku, with the last line of the first verse becoming the first line of the second, and so on. It also suggested writing about a favorite flower, tree, or vine, but I chose to ignore that. I did, however, start this one with the last line of the haiku I posted the other day…

Natsukashii
“Ah, I remember”, she said
with that laugh she had

With that laugh she had
I was easy to convince
maybe that was why

Maybe that was why
I could never stay away
even to this day

Even to this day
I still remember her smile
and that laugh she had

(19 August 2014)

N.B., Particularly in its transliterated form, natsukashii may appear to be a three- or four-syllable word (depending on whether or not the u is clipped when you say the word). However, written in hiragana, five characters are used, which is how syllables are generally counted in Japanese.