Self Portrait with Blake, by Daniel Haskin

The Dance of Albion, by William Blake (Britain) 1795

Self-Portrait with Blake

My body was born from infernal
metal, made man. Bone black and
madder lake, vermilion, yellow ocher,
and Prussian blues. Beyond all this I 
will die for you, and I am glad for it.

My arms stay splaying, outstretched as
a dancing Leonardo, I sing from my
spire flailing like a tarot fool. A
bastard angel. I am the invention of
zero, burning in my holy place,
awakened.

I am the little creator and my
happiness is immense. Beneath the
starlight the sun radiates my joy. I
have no pretense of mind. I bray to
the wind from god's symmetry
designed.

Daniel Haskin

Daniel Haskin is a Buffalo NY based poet, writer, musician, artist, and illustrator. His chapbooks of poetry include Amnesia, Past Life Invisible, The Shallow Sea, and his newly published work, Picture Book: Love, Death Time, and Assorted Ekphrasis. He has also been published in various newspapers, and international journals.