Kill the Messenger Who Brings Bad News: Who Brings Bad News

Everything that ought to be known about Robert Kelly can be found in his books, of which this is the fortieth.

From "The Court Painter":

How can I show you the truth of

anyone without his face you ask?

The face is the last thing I paint,

& the least important.

It is there to trick the subject

into thinking he is one,

that he has been 'represented.'

But where he is is in a fold

of cape, shadow of a label,

wrinkle between elbow & those wide

gold stripes that tell how great he is

• Author
• Robert Kelly

• Format
• paperback

• Pages
• 240

• Publisher
• Black Sparrow Press

• Language
• english

• ISBN
• 9780876854327

• Genres
• poetry

• Release date
• 1979