Friday, May 5, 2017

Butterfly Dream: Good Porning Haiku by Terry Ann Carter

English Original

good porning america

Terry Ann Carter


Chinese Translation (Traditional)

早安色情美國

Chinese Translation (Simplified)

早安色情美国


Bio Sketch

Terry Ann Carter loves Japhy Ryder, constant comment tea, and Japanese literary forms; she is the president of Haiku Canada, founder of Ottawa KaDo and Haiku Arbutus (Victoria) with five chapbooks of haiku and five books of longer poetry.

2 comments:

  1. The word play employed in Terry's haiku, satirically allusive of "Good Morning America," not only enhances the "hai" aspect of the poem, but also effectively acts as a social commentary.

    Note: "Good Morning America is an American morning television show that is broadcast on ABC. It debuted on November 3, 1975...Co-anchors report the morning's top headlines from a set in Times Square. The show features a combination of breaking news, interviews, in-depth reporting and weather. The program covers important issues with key figures from around the world and a wide spectrum of topics ..."

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  2. FYI:

    1 "porning"

    Porning comes from the verb "porn,"

    In the infinitive case, it is "to porn"

    Definition: To watch porn

    -- excerpted from Urban Dictionary, http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=porning


    2 "The Porning of America: The Rise of Porn Culture, What It Means, and Where We Go from Here" by Carmine Sarracino and Kevin M. Scott

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