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When Waters Rise
Painting and Advent Poem

Howling wind
howling beasts
the night is dark
the moon is on the snow
the trees gesticulate, sway, moan
we are all miles from home
inside the wildness
waiting, the stillness
peace on earth
on the howling, the darkness, the swaying, the moaning,
peace.
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View all postsKatie Hoogendam is a Great Lakes region writer, educator and interdisciplinary artist. Alongside a growing community of like-minded creatives, her work is entirely AI-free. Liminal Spaces (Glentula Press, 2025) is her most recent collection of poetry.



