Trina Johnson-Brady is a poet, performer, facilitator, and community builder whose work is shaped by a lifelong love of language, nature, and the quiet heroism of the human heart. She holds both a Bachelor of Fine Arts and a Master of Arts from Kutztown University, where she studied professional writing, theater, and English literature Her enduring love of literature and Greek mythology was nurtured by her mother, a junior high English teacher, while her father, an avid outdoorsman, taught her to read the language of forests, fields, and skies. Together, these influences continue to shape both her poetry and her path. She started writing poetry in young adulthood and is a native of Pennsylvania’s Lehigh Valley. Professionally, Trina serves as the Executive Director of a nonprofit organization and works in the field of prevention.
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If I Can Stop One Heart from Breaking is a tender and unflinching collection of poems that walks the fragile line between grief and healing. Drawing from deeply personal experiences of loss, longing, and spiritual searching, these poems offer both witness and refuge—an honest companion for anyone navigating the quiet, complicated terrain of the heart.
Through vivid imagery and intimate reflection, this collection speaks to the universal experience of sorrow while gently illuminating the possibility of transformation. Each poem becomes a stepping stone—through pain, toward meaning; through absence, toward connection; through heartbreak, toward renewal.
For those who are grieving, remembering, or learning how to begin again, this book offers solace, understanding, and a reminder that even in our darkest moments, healing is possible—and we do not walk alone.
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