Po-mz - A Poem Written By Tony Johansen

Pronounced "Poems" but in the whacky digital age we make up new words because someone already registered the real word.

These poems are collected and shared because they are special words, often very profound, often sensual, and always very beautiful and meaningful.

Here are words from the greatest poets who ever lived, some of them very famous, but there are also treasures from lesser known poets who perhaps deserve to be better known. I humbly offer some of my poems in amongst this illustrious company. Please forgive me for that, and I hope you enjoy this rich selection.

Po-mz is designed to allow serendipity a large role in your reading pleasure. Do not expect the poetry to be ordered according to subject or poet. Instead you have two choices. You can read in a linear fashion using the next and previous buttons at the bottom of each page, or you can use the archives link at the bottom of this sidebar to randomly hop from poem to poem. Enjoy.

GO MOBILE
Now Po-mz comes in a special edition designed for easy reading on any internet enabled mobile phone. The URL you will need is http://po-mz.tumblr.com/mobile
Those fortunate enough to have an iPhone should just use the regular URL for best results.

LINKS
Gatherr
Cultural items of interest gathered from the web. Updated daily with an intense focus on a different theme for each day.

TonyJohansen.com
The main web site about the work of artist Tony Johansen. Extensive galleries of artwork as well as selected writings and poetry.

Diary Of An Artist
Online diary of Tony Johansen. The trivia, traumas and triumphs of an artist struggling to survive in a new world.

PaintMaking.com
The webs premier site on pigments and making artist's paints in the studio.

Go Figure
An online extension of a painting by Tony Johansen.

Voice In My Head
The background and story of the painting of the portrait of Leo Sayer by Tony Johansen

Crypts And Cats
Interesting places (and cats) within walking distance of Kings Cross.

Hens Night Ideas
Arty Party's are the fun way to celebrate a Hens Night.

EROTIC ART LINKS
Femaylz
Artistic erotic images of the female form collected, edited, and created by Tony Johansen. WARNING: This site contains explicit imagery of nude or semi clad women. Do not enter if you are under 18 years of age or are offended by sexually graphic images.

Maylz
Artistic erotic images of the male form collected, edited, and created by Tony Johansen. WARNING: This site contains explicit imagery of nude or semi clad men and includes images of penises. Do not enter if you are under 18 years of age or are offended by sexually graphic images.

Intercorz
Artistic erotic images of the male and female form engaged in sexual activity. The images are intended to explore the beauty of the human form in all activities. The images are collected, edited, and created by Tony Johansen. WARNING: This site contains explicit imagery of nude or semi clad men and women engaged in sexual activity. Do not enter if you are under 18 years of age or are offended by sexually graphic images.

A Poem Written By Tony Johansen

CARVING CHICKEN (THE STABBING OF DR. PLEASE-NO)

(establish rhythm)
I am I am, I said I said
Please-No; Doctor; I

Please-No; Doctor; MD; MaD
Food-mad; food-food; mad-mad
Bananas
Banananananananananananananana-Nanas
Mad.

(develop rhythm)
I am the one, I said I said
I am I am said I
Please-No; Doctor; I
Please-No; Doctor; me you see
Please-No Doctor MD MaD
Md Mad Doctor I;
Md Mad Food Mad Dad
Food-Food Mad-Mad
Bananas me
It is me you see you see
Me is I; MD!

(canto)
He did it; He did it
The prosecutor sed
The jury sed; “He did it!” too
The Judge he sed
Oh please hold your hed
‘tis not proved he sed

(aside)
Though he looks like he did
And he could and he would and he might

(with glee)
I’ve got you I’ve got you
The warden sed
We’ll get you a med he sed
And put you to bed
And get the med to look in your hed
He sed he sed did he

(aside, plaintive)
But he put me in a cell
And he made my life hell
Yes he did, yes he did, yes he did!

(slower)
My life is hell
I sed I sed
‘tis truly hell you see.
So he cut out lunch and breakfast brunch
And sed so there take that ha ha

(with emphasis)
Have you I sed
Ever been stabbed before?
As I carved and hacked and chopped.
Oh no she sed
I never never
Stabbed, have been, before.
Not me she sed
No-no she sed
Not me not me not I

(slower, break rhythm)
You no Please-No, she sed she sed.
Yes I Please-Yes sed I…

Then she went and spoiled it all by picking her nose.

- Tony Johansen