Sand Castles and Other Poems

More than fifty years ago, as a graduate student in Colorado, Raymond O'Hara set down on paper the scenes that would become his first play, The Judge. Since then, he has produced a vast catalogue of written work: plays, short stories, and poems. The poet has a truth to tell In every age and time. . . . Sand Castles and Other Poems represents the best of the poet's work. Influenced by a strength of character and warm charisma that breathes life and hope into even the darkest days, these collected works are the product of the poet's lifelong quest for understanding of self, of God, of humankind. From the whimsical depictions of the world as he imagines it through the eyes of his grandchildren to the more somber reflections on the passage of time, O'Hara's inquisitive nature and deep sense of humanity shine through, returning him always to themes of faith and family, hope and love—and always with a sense of awe at the greatness of God and wonder at the magnificence of the world in which we live.