Climbing My Grandfather

Question 1

Poet

Answer 1

Andrew Waterhouse

Question 2

Context

Answer 2

-Andrew Waterhouse was a lecturer at an agricultural college.
-This was taken from his first book of poetry, published in 2000. He died in 2001.
-The poem seems to be autobiographical, with the poet reminiscing about his childhood – when perhaps everything seemed bigger, including his grandfather.