(11) poems for the incoming slow-paced summer
Too much time spent daydreaming and a little bit of fresh air and sunlight made me do this.
The summer solstice is here and my motivation to be a nonsensical creator too. Find your poem/horoscope for this summer, there’s one for every zodiac sign. I’ll be posting them on Tiktok with some cute videos, go follow if you want to see them :)
*SUMMER DREAMSCAPES*
01
I haven’t wrote that much about creativity lately. I’m in that part of the cycle, once again, the part where you can’t stop thinking about anything and everything that you could do but haven’t dare to do. I haven’t even been sleeping well. I’m up at 4 am in the morning just thinking:
Imagine you had a blog in which you could write about anything and everything that you could do; imagine weekly creative excercises where you can design and picture the many dream aesthetics that make up your style; a space that lets you get into a research rabbit hole about any music, art, fashion, architecture, literature, photography, film, design reference just for fun and admiration; imagine a platform where you can share the things that you create and think of.
Well you have it, Aitanni, it’s your substack page and you haven’t used it for a month now, do something or go back to sleep.
02
So here I am, doing something to ignite the spark. Coming back to my most beloved tool for creating inspiration, to keep my brain moving: sometimes it’s playlisting, other times just plain to-do listing, today I thought it would be moodboarding but something drove the inspiration in me to write random poems.
What am I going to be doing? How am I going to do it?
I’m going to see where words lead me.
What’s the story to tell? Who do I have in mind?
Nostalgia and a lot of uncertainty while traveling from home to my new-made home has made me want to have a very settled, slow summer. I’ll keep working, I’ll keep writing, I’ll stay in the city (well, I think I will travel nearby). So I’ll project this feeling of long days, warm nights and dreamscapes into… poems imagining the 12 zodiac signs and their respective summer.
I didn’t intend this to happen, these started to turn out something like the astropoets horoscopes and I made them inspired by songs and tarot cards. I really like what it turned out to be.
*Not that important of a note: This was written in a span of 2 weeks during four very different days. Some poems I wrote while being a bit moody, others while being very productive, some at night, and some others right before you’re reading this.
*Very important note: There’s a summer playlist at the end :)
03
Cancer
The summer solstice moonlight
Births a beaming noticer
She spends her days and hours
Arranging her bouquet of flowers
Watching them dance through the day
And at night, she dances
Tarot card: the moon.
Scorpio
The warm winds blow her wishes afar
She wonders how far she’s driving today
Eye contact with the rearview mirror
And a wink at her fate
I’m not lost
Take care
Tarot card: the hermit.
Pisces
Her and I on a moon shaped pool
Floating above the blue
Thoughts we share
My cheek rests on my arm
As she’s about to photograph
My longtime quest for this heaven scent
Tarot card: two of cups.
04
Leo
Again, she leaves hiding her sleeves
Wearing a chainmail armoured heart
She points her finger towards Heaven
And turned into a silver statue
They’re on their knees
The roses are dry
Divine, sweet lovers, they never give up
Tarot card: the hierophant.
Sagittarius
This is no time for self-control
Walk barefoot through
Heatwaves and cobblestones
Wake up, do it all
Don’t go gentle
The wilderness awaits
Tarot card: two of wands.
Aries
Vines full of fruit growing
Pour some water in
To the horizon
Beating and pounding
You want it all
Go for the stars
Tarot card: nine of pentacles.
05
Virgo
Arms to the sky
Be careful with the leap
She uses her hands to carry the wind
And sends what’s coming back through the air
Everything comes back
Back to her
Tarot card: king of wands.
Capricorn
This is her throne
She’s not stepping down
Grab your glasses
Raise them for the sun
Whispering deep emotions, reckless sensuality
Take the sign, take the lead
Tarot card: queen of pentacles.
Taurus
She takes it easy, she feels it as it comes
Like the breeze by the river
Darling’s coming
To a brand new home
The fall clears her chest
Fearless kids jumping in the city water
Tarot card: death.
06
Libra
You already know how it tastes
The apple no longer tempts you
Fierce and wild
Into the bullseye
Come along with us
You’re not alone, we are around
Tarot card: knight of wands.
Aquarius
When she takes in the waves
Opening up, gifting them her last breath
They’ll share the harvest
Pick it up, one by one
Stay for the bonfire
Meet the real prize
Tarot card: five of pentacles.
Gemini
She rides in the clouds
Nothing is real
Nothing is solid
All summer long she’s awake
There is everything to create
Take your time in paradise
Tarot card: seven of cups.
PLAYLIST: *SUMMER AGAIN*
Did something resonate with you? I would be kinda proud.
I can’t talk right now, new Aitanni playlist just dropped !