Waking may refer to:
* Waking up, emerging from sleep
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Waking (band)
Waking is an alternative rock band formed in 2000 in the New York City, New York / New Jersey area by guitarist J.P., lead vocalist Perfecto Cuervo, bassist Ray Greico, (formerly of New London Fire) and drummer Dann LeMunyan joined the band project ...
, an alternative rock band
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The Waking "The Waking" is a poem written by Theodore Roethke in 1953 in the form of a villanelle. It comments on the unknowable with a contemplative tone. It also has been interpreted as comparing life to waking and death to sleeping.