What Is Unseen Is Eternal: Rilke’s Duino Elegies

So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen, since what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal.- 2 Corinthians 4:18

I’m currently rereading Rilke’s Duino Elegies for the first time in at least 10 years. It is an overwhelming experience. Rilke is one of the few poets that touch the invisible realms of life. I love lots of modern poetry, but so much of…