Climbing a Delicate Scaffolding

A collection of narrative and lyrical poems by the author of Votives, Factory, Youth at Risk, and All That is Behind Us Now. In her second collection of poems, Tricia Yost, again offers poems entangled in existentialism. These poems follow the intimacies of "she" and "you" from the stolid, family-oriented midwest to the more individuated west, all the while haunted by Daniel, the protagonist's tragic friend. Climbing a Delicate Scaffolding is a book of praise for our flawed and troubled daily existence.