On Occasion

Peter Austin's ON OCCASION is an outrageously funny tour de force. Beginning with the ghastly aftermath of a Yuletide orgy, these story poems circle through the year, back to another Christmas, with the Cratchit family struggling to cope with Scrooge's gift of a giant bird.Here's as fine and feisty a book of light verse as I've seen in decades— a rich gift from a master satirist. ~ X. J. Kennedy
In his newest book, On Occasion, poet and playwright, Peter Austin demonstrates his skills as a rhymester and storyteller, with humour, wit and whimsy. This highly readable collection begins the day after Christmas, with a funny and touching spin on "The Night Before Christmas" and romps through the calendar year. Stops along the way include drinks with a paw-weary Easter bunny and end up with a poem about what really happened to that prize turkey in Dickens' classic Christmas tale. Written to be read aloud, Austin's verses will appeal to light of heart readers old and young. ~ Bruce Hunter, winner of the 2011 Acorn-Plantos Award for People's Poetry