March 8, 2026
Zoë Ryder White
Zoë Ryder White’s full-length collection, The Visible Field was published by River River Books in February, 2026. She authored the chapbooks Via Post (Sixth Finch Press, 2022) and HYPERSPACE (Factory Hollow Press, 2020) and co-authored A Study in Spring (Rabbit Catastrophe Press, 2015) and Elsewhere (Sixth Finch Press, 2020) with Nicole Callihan.
The dream says Freud says
no matter what, it’s all your fault.
Become accustomed over time
to responsibility’s lead chemise.
The dream says there’s no need
to be startled by the revelation
of what you wish.
I think there’s a sense of danger in the act of approaching one’s own unconscious. Anything could be in there! And likely is. There can be a sense of dread about contemplating one’s failings, one’s patterns, one’s mistakes and missteps. One’s pride. But of course that’s the way to become more aware and centered, right?