About Tanka Poems
Read slowly. Listen closely.
Tanka Poems is a focused literary edition for sacred Japanese tanka poetry and prayer: 84 source-faithful poems, four downloadable narrator voices—Leonard, Rachel, Steven, and Lauren—synchronized yellow read-along, and 105 Sacred Grounds photographs from Japan.
Why this form
Tanka is compact enough to hold a moment without exhausting it. The reader follows that discipline: exact text, deliberate pacing, restrained controls, and no feed competing for attention.
Begin freely
Three selected poems and two prayers—Amatsu Norito and The Lord’s Prayer—remain free. The remaining poetry and prayer collection is planned as a single permanent purchase, without a subscription.
Built by Lab Architect
Tanka Poems is designed and developed by Lab Architect. It contains no advertising, cross-app tracking, or behavioral analytics.