R.D. McManes is the author of seven books of poetry. Mr. McManes has had over 150 poems published in numerous electronic and hardcopy media, including Saucyvox, Prairie Poetry, Writer’s Hood, Scrivener’s Pen, Mipo Magazine, Swooping Hawk Quarterly, The Heron’s Nest, Poems Niederngasse, SP Quill Quarterly Magazine, Newtopia, Lochraven Review, Muddy River Review, Commonline Journal, and Baroque Review. He has conducted poetry workshops and related writing presentations for the Kansas Author’s Club and currently resides near Scranton Kansas.