Jaime

Feels like a dream to be announcing that I am funded by @aceagrams for an R&D: it’s about burials, a genderqueer Iron Age warrior, stones, and a lost boy from Lyonesse who thinks his BMX is a horse. I’ll be working with producer/designer @ellieroser , director @chlo_christian & other talented creatives. So excited to swim into & get to know this project 🚲 🪨 🗡️ gorgeous poster by @ellieroser

Thrilled to reveal the cover of ‘She will need a stable boy’ by Jaime Lock (@jfranceslock ) - the final book of our 2024/25 pamphlet season. Pre order at the link in bio now! ‘She will need a stable boy’ is the debut pamphlet from Cornish poet Jaime Lock. These poems celebrate trans identity, while being infused with images of the sea and Jaime’s home. While detailing a growing sense of self, their work also looks at family, love, desire, and the importance of friendship, while looking to their childhood with gentle nostalgia. Swipe to see what three of our faves have to say about the book. And head over to fourteenpoems.com for more info now!

HOW LOUD THIS LOUD (R&D) my film pics

I have been landing back in my current home in SE London after spending 3 weeks in Scilly/Cornwall for the R&D of ‘HOW LOUD THIS LOUD’, funded by @aceagrams and @feast_cornwall . I have written the first draft of the longest thing I have ever written, which I’ve come to realise is a play. It’s about being lost, lost lands, a lost boy, burials, ageing, silly rituals, community, and trying to press contemporary language onto ancient things and failing. There’s lots I’d love to share with you, so it’s coming in parts… Scilly 🌊 We recorded the sounds underneath countless post-storm fallen trees, the insides of ancient burial chambers, electromagnetic lighthouse waves, sand hoppers… (@beechey.noise , thank you so much for your generosity in lending us this amazing kit to play with) We looked at the Iron Age Bryher warrior’s sword and mirror up close in all its ancient glory (huge thanks to @iosculturalcentreandmuseum ). We imagined the mythical land of Lyonesse in the sea beneath us whilst crossing on the Scillonian ferry. We connected with people, some of whom I went to school with, through the story I’m writing. We wrote myths and made bells together. Jack @oldtowninnscilly , thank you for hosting our workshop in the pub my late grandad built years ago. All on St Mary’s, the island where I grew up, fuelled by my mum’s cooking, my auntie’s jam doughnuts, and of course (& always) the sea surrounding us. @ellieroser & @chlo_christian , producer/designer and director – thank you for this opportunity to make something together, for believing in my writing and the characters, images, feelings and stories we’ve built. We started with a feeling of wanting to disrupt ideas of metronormativity and explore our connection as queer people to land, myth and ancientness. I feel the deepest into that work I’ve ever felt. Thank you 💚

‘Old as sea, as ferns, as hawk moth, jellyfish, stone...’ Collaborators Jaime Lock, Chloe Christian and Ellie Roser invite you to join their free workshop exploring ancient stories and LGBTQIA+ identity. Built on our artist’s experience of embedding community in performance, join us to exploring writing, sound and objects, and contribute to the development of a new, queer retelling of the Cornish legend of Lyonesse. Big thanks to @aceagrams & @feast_cornwall for making these happen! Booking link in bio

We’re continuing to share poems from each of the books we published in 2025 - and here’s one from the last pamphlet we published last year: ‘She will need a stable boy’ by Jaime Lock (@jfranceslock ). You can buy the pamphlet from fourteenpoems.com or your favourite indie bookshop. Normal fourteen poems service will resume from the 12th January!

19th November was the book launch for SWNASB. I am beyond grateful to @14poems for publishing the book, @bricgallerycafe for hosting us, @ericareadsqueer , @lalahsimone and @unembarrassable for sharing their poems to support me. I was emotional looking out and seeing all my friends sat cross legged on the floor as I read poems which feel so familiar to me. I am so at home in them. The oldest poem in the pamphlet is 9 years old. Reading it in the body, in the voice I have now, felt like the end of one kind of becoming. And now – welcome to the next one. I’m excited for the things I am writing and crafting next. Thank you to everyone who has taken the time to read this pamphlet with fresh eyes – I’m reminded that poems can always be new. If you’d like to buy a copy, there’s a link in my bio. X

We’re so excited to celebrate the publication of Jaime Lock’s debut pamphlet ‘She will need a stable boy’ on November 19th! Come to Bric (@bricgallerycafe ) and hear Jaime read poems from their book and chat about their work. Plus we’ll have readings from three of our faves: Erica Gillingham (@ericareadsqueer ), Gayathiri Kamalakanthan (@unembarrassable ) and Lalah-Simone Springer (@lalahsimone ). Tickets are free and available from the link in bio. And you can grab a copy of ‘She will need a stable boy’ from fourteenpoems.com now.

With their debut pamphlet ‘She will need a stable boy’ coming out next week, here’s a sneak peek at one of the poems from Jaime Lock’s book. ‘Pendulum’ opens up ‘She will need a stable boy’ and sums up many of the book’s themes of family, gender, trans identity, and community. You can order a copy of the book from fourteenpoems.com

To celebrate the upcoming release of Jaime Lock’s “She will need a stable boy” pamphlet, here’s a sneak peek at one of the poems in the book. ‘Anchoveta swarm’ is a celebration of trans lives, while knowing about the dangers that lurk. It’s about reclaiming bodies and connection and community and, like many of the poems in the book, is infused with Jaime’s seaside childhood. We love it! You can pre-order Jaime’s book at fourteen poems.com now! This poem was also the Poem of the Week in the fourteen poems newsletter last week. Sign up at fourteenpoems.com/newsletter to get one every week for free.

I started writing the first draft of this script more than 5 years ago in spring 2020 and the idea still excites me. It’s about babies, the sea, queer sex, mine and my sister Jesse’s fascination with parthenogenesis and love of gooey womb-like visuals. Really, it’s about wanting the impossible and the grief that can grow around that. It’s very special to me to have Jesse direct and co-write this film, especially as she grows my nephew in her body! Please consider donating to Jesse’s fundraiser to help us make it, we’d be super grateful. link in bio. X

Publication announcement! So so thrilled to announce my debut pamphlet will be out in 2025 with @14poems 💥 Can’t wait to share these poems with you x