In Your Dreams

ime Kneevi

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Giramondo Publishing
01 February 2025

Poetry; Poetry by individual poets; Society & culture: general; Dreams & their interpretation

Poetry which sings with its silences.

As its title suggests, ime Kneevi's first book-length poetry collection gestures towards the elusive and often fragmented reality of dreams and recollections. The poems speak of distance, dislocation and longing, evoked by the poet's cultural ties to Croatia, the awkwardness of personal relations and the discomforts of language. They also convey the embarrassment and regret which spring from daily encounters, especially when the point of view is that of an adolescent, a lover, a rival, indeed a poet, endowed with a more than usual amount of self-consciousness. These concerns are echoed, and heightened, by the elliptical form of the poems and their surreal dislocations, which invite the play of implication, giving space and silence their own kind of eloquence. The effect is remarkable, both for the range of emotions expressed, which includes humour and joy alongside unease and uncertainty, and for the intensity of their expression.

By: ime Kneevi
Imprint: Giramondo Publishing
Country of Publication: Australia
Dimensions: Height: 210mm, Width: 148mm,
Weight: 200g
ISBN: 9781923106154
ISBN 10: 1923106155
Pages: 96
Publication Date: 01 February 2025
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Forthcoming

ime Kneevi is a poet and playwright from Sydney with Croatian heritage. His poems have been published widely in Australian and international literary journals. His poetry chapbook The Hostage (2019) was a co-winner of the Subbed In Chapbook Prize. As a playwright, he recently co-wrote the stage musical The Hen House (2023) with his sisters, and is a graduate of the NIDA Playwrights Studio.