Santoka Alarm

Wake each morning to a single haiku by Santoka Taneda. Santoka Alarm greets your morning with a poem instead of a jarring buzzer. When the alarm sounds, all you have to do is listen. The screen shifts slowly from the deep indigo of the pre-dawn sky to the warm color of Japanese paper. The morning, in four quiet moments: 1. Music Rain, wind, a running stream. An ambient sound chosen to suit the poem fades in gently and lifts you from the depths of sleep. 2. Today's haiku A haiku by Santoka appears in vertical writing and is read aloud, slowly. Unhurried, with space to breathe. 3. Era and collection When, and on what journey, the poem was written — added quietly. 4. Commentary A short note on the background and heart of the poem. By the time it ends, you are awake. Features - All 701 poems from the collection "Somokuto" (Grass and Tree Stupa), each with a reading and commentary - A browser to wander the poems by collection and era - Choose a favorite poem to wake to tomorrow with "wake to this poem" - Auto mode picks only poems that suit today's season — no summer poem on a winter morning - Uses the iOS system alarm (AlarmKit); rings even in Silent mode - Poems, commentary, and narration are all stored in the app; works offline - No account required, no ads About Santoka Taneda Santoka Taneda (1882–1940) was a leading poet of free-form haiku, unbound by the traditional 5-7-5 structure. In his forties he became a monk and walked western Japan with a single bamboo hat, begging and composing poems in the language of everyday life. "Ever deeper, ever deeper — the green mountains" "A straight road, and lonely" "My back, receding into the drizzle" Plain, never sentimental, these poems slip easily into a waking mind. The poem texts are based on "Somokuto" (public domain) from Aozora Bunko.