utano

Your journal, rendered in verse.

Write at your own pace; utano shapes haiku, tanka, and a monthly chōka that gathers the month into one quiet reflection.

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Daily

Haiku snapshots

Three distilled lines to mark the day’s feeling, drawn from whatever you noted.

Weekly

Weekly tanka

Five lines that trace how the week moved, shaped from everything you shared.

Monthly

Monthly chōka

Fourteen lines that hold the month together, letting you see what stayed.

How utano turns prose into poetry

  1. 1

    Journal freely

    Short notes or long stretches, kept in your own pace and voice.

  2. 2

    Let your words take shape

    utano traces tone and themes quietly inside each entry; no edits required from you.

  3. 3

    Receive curated poems

    Poems arrive on their rhythm—daily haiku, weekly tanka, a monthly chōka—each one shaped from what you wrote.

Privacy, held with care

You choose what stays

Remove an entry anytime; once it’s gone, it isn’t kept elsewhere.

Steady systems

Data remains encrypted, with no ad tracking or social feeds.

Today's sample haiku

A preview of how your notes soften into verse—kept close, offered back with care.

Daily haiku From your journal

Lanterns chase the rain Footsteps knit a quiet thread Dawn hums, “you are here.”

Drawn from rainy commutes, new routines, and the steady calm that follows simply showing up.

Pricing

Everything included

One plan for every poem. Cancel anytime; the first 14 days are on us.

Monthly

$4.99

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  • Unlimited entries
  • Daily haiku
  • Weekly tanka
  • Monthly chōka

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Each poem begins with the next line you write.

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