A review by shelby1994
She Must Be Mad by Charly Cox

reflective medium-paced

4.0

 

I spent two years trying to get my hands on this collection in the U.S., only to give up until I wandered into a bookstore in London and snagged the last copy on the shelf. Charly Cox is an instagram and radio phenom, and reminds me of the prolific instagram poet @MaryOliversDrunkCousin, who I adore. 

This collection is broken into 4 sections: “she must be in love,” “she must be mad,” “she must be fat,” and “she must be an adult.” The strongest poems are the bookends, with my favorites being:

• expectations 
• goldman sachs
• mourning routine
• E1W 3SS/Billy 

Evokes:

sandy hotel sheets 

The flash of cold air that hits you when you leave a bar

Delaying turning your phone on airplane mode on a flight until the very last minute, desperately hoping that your vacation hookup texts you before you leave