My Life as a Goldfish and other poems

Shortlisted for CLiPPA 2015
These succinct poems, sometimes darkly humorous and incorporating delicious wordplay, are lessons in how economy of words can lead the imagination to soar. The collection explores a thought-provoking range of different perspectives, with both humorous and more poignant poems each examining a range of emotions and feelings.
Rachel Rooney was the winner of the CLPE Poetry Award in 2012, for her collection The Language of Cat and Other Poems.
See the five things Rachel wishes she'd known about poetry before she started writing it here
Apropriate for age group: Years 3 and 4
Teaching Sequences
Videos
Rachel Rooney - Cheer Up
Rachel Rooney - Don't Move the Goalposts
Rachel Rooney - Flame
Rachel Rooney - Home Time
Rachel Rooney - Liar
Rachel Rooney - Making Friends
Rachel Rooney - Nobody Knows
Rachel Rooney - Six Facts About Light
Rachel Rooney - The 20a Bus
Rachel Rooney - The Whisper
Rachel Rooney - Wide Open
Y3 John Donne Primary School performing Stone by Rachel Rooney