To our worldwide Anglophone friends, please allow a moment of indulgence. From our archive, a dulcet-piquant remembrance all well-aware and well-founded in its multifaceted tremolo: Roberta Hatcher’s “American Notebook.”
This poem originally appeared in SC 4.1. Support the artist & the arts by purchasing or downloading a copy; then subscribe. Read on!

![Roberta Hatcher - American Notebook [sample]](https://stormcellar.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/roberta-hatcher-american-notebook-sample.png?w=700&h=1079)
![Jennifer Markell - My Father Fell for FDR [sample]](https://stormcellar.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/jennifer-markell-my-father-fell-for-fdr-sample.png?w=700&h=1079)
![Janeen Rastall – With the Prick of a Pin[sample]](https://stormcellar.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/janeen-rastall-e28093-with-the-prick-of-a-pinsample.png?w=700&h=1079)
![Jennifer A. McGowan - Excuse Me, Mr. Sandburg [sample]1](https://stormcellar.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/jennifer-a-mcgowan-excuse-me-mr-sandburg-sample1.png?w=700&h=1079)
![Holly Painter - Tell Me a Story [sample]](https://stormcellar.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/holly-painter-tell-me-a-story-sample.png?w=700&h=1079)