R.D. McManes
born 1953 - USA - currently resides in Topeka, Kansas.
R.D. McManes is the author of seven poetry books. He has had over 500 poems featured in numerous worldwide publications. Mr. McManes enjoys reading and writing haiku, senryu and free verse poems.
in one breath
the haiku exhales
a butterfly
A Procession of Ripples, Sept 2002
the summer sun
rising above a field
of corn stalks
Haiku Sun III, June 2003
a wine glass
catches the evening
sun
Haiku Sun III, June 2003
warm wind
blowing gently
across the lake
Haiku Sun III, June 2003
the sun
is slowly setting
as shadows race
Haiku Sun III, June 2003
between the trees
the wings of a crow
gathering sunlight
Haiku Sun III, June 2003
grass on the graves
the whippoorwill
far away
The Heron’s Nest # 9: Sept 2003
shift change
the leather squeak
of worn soles
Gren 17, Mar 2013
political dreams
using monopoly money
on boardwalk hotels
Kernels 1.1: Apr 2013
spring storm
small poems to read
by candlelight
Frogpond 36-2, May 2013
mushrooms
in the autumn leaves
umbrellas touch
A Hundred Gourds 3.1, Dec 2013
early spring
the sky shrinks
with each new leaf
Presence 49, Feb 2014