To Duration (German: Gedicht an die Dauer) is a long poem by the Austrian writer Peter Handke, published as a book by Suhrkamp Verlag in 1986.

It is about duration in relation to time, material things, locations and personal origin, combined with memories from a sailing trip along the Turkish coast, the longing for a home, relationships and exploration of the self.

[1] The poem is inspired by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe's writings about individuality and Henri Bergson's conception of duration in "Introduction to Metaphysics".

[1][2] It uses inner dialectic to engage in self-discovery through images of the past, their relation to the present, poetic intuition and self-awareness in the process of writing.

[1] The Last Books published To Duration in English interpretation by Scott Abbott in 2015.