phantom limb pain


Maya McDowell-Uppal


A mixed media visual poem that is a jumble of old family photographs and free verse poetry. ‘Phantom limb pain’ describes the language barriers that often exist between generations within immigrant families.

Maya McDowell-Uppal is a poet who creates visual poems through the overlaying of poetic verses and photographic collages. Her poems can be found in the online zine Garzine: Sex and Nature (instagram-@garzine_) and over at the West End Grrrls Collective (@westendgrrrls). 

Insta: @mayalikethemonth