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Poetry Collections

Primary Poems (2020) & Secondary Poems (2023)

have been published in collaboration with

Austin Macauley Publishers.

Primary Poems

Primary Poems touches on the fear of being vulnerable, hopeless and young romanticism, domestic violence, abandonment trauma,

all entangled with the absence of love.

The collection is written in a way that every single piece can be read on its own and at the same time each piece is a chapter of a story that unfolds when read from cover to cover.

Shop locally in Zürich (CH):​

  • Paranoia City

  • Vastelabooks

  • Pile of books 

Secondary Poems

Secondary Poems continues the story in Primary Poems further exploring heartache and the unfolding of a relationship with oneself. There is a chapter with poems in both English and French (translation included).  

The collection is written in a way that every single piece can be read on its own and at the same time each piece is a chapter of a story that unfolds when read from cover to cover.

Shop locally in Zürich (CH):​

  • Paranoia City

  • CV books

  • Buchhandlung Volkshaus

  • sphères 

  • Vastelabooks

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Primary Poems

Secondary Poems

Readers say:

"I found Jo Bahdo’s collection hauntingly beautiful, full of longing, sensuality, visceral images, certain pain, and a profoundly hopeful sadness. I absolutely loved it and would recommend it to everyone who likes smart, observant poetry."

(Nicole Nickerson on Goodreads)

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