Aaron Badida
He/Him | Poet-Writer
Aaron Badida is a queer poet living in Jacksonville, Florida. He holds a BA in English from the University of North Florida and a JD from the University of Florida. His work moves through desire, addiction and recovery, and faith—tracing the body as a site of both wound and grace, and the ways devotion survives what it costs. He is currently completing his debut poetry manuscript, Just Sugar. His poems can be seen or are forthcoming in South Florida Poetry Journal and Screen Door Review.
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Print Publication · 2026-present
Just Sugar
A poetic theology of queer love and addiction in five acts — all ritual, no god, and a recovery that refuses to call itself redemption.

