"Susan Jackson's poems are gifts to the reader's heart and soul, expertly fashioned from language memory, and spiritual insight. While not veering away from the challenges that arise in life–deaths and other losses–each poem ultimately arrives at grace. Their progression charts one woman's journey on the river of her life, welcoming us into significant personal moments and bringing us into the wisdom of maintaining presence in the face of whatever arises. Naming trees, birds, and the tender moments of a wise woman's witness, In the River of Songs offers you a journey you will long remember and honor."– "Donna Baier Stein, founder and publisher of 'Tiferet Journal'"