Proof of Life on Earth by Degna Stone Virginia Astley were written in response to

were written in response to the death of Limburg’s younger brother

Versions of haunting poems about exile and displacement by the German poet Hilde Domin are woven into the book

parallel world of ‘vomit and blossom’ where Kate Bush mingles with a weeping Lady Gaga

and compassionate hand

Proof of Life on Earth by Degna Stone Virginia Astley were written in response toYou live and then you die. Thats the only certainty there is, right? Using love as its guide, Proof of Life on Earth, the debut poetry collection by Degna Stone, looks at all the stops between our arrival and our departure. These poems examine matters of the heart (both the metaphorical and medical kind), of race and discrimination, of the body, mind and self each in forensic detail, attentive and curious of what moves, shapes, and makes us alive. In