“The Bobcat” and “Best Nightmare Machine” appear in Issue 37. *** Both of these poems began in oddly similar ways to one another. In each case, a friend gifted me with a suggestion that got the writing started. “The Bobcat” began when I posted a photo online of bobcat tracks and noted that I’d subsequently … Continue reading Matthew Olzmann: How I Wrote “The Bobcat” and “Best Nightmare Machine”