Metamorphoses February 5, 2009

A pair of lovers lift from the ocean, transformed into gulls; a daughter morphs into gold and back to human form; a beautiful man becomes a poolside flower; a steadfast couple sprouts roots and leaves, their limbs intertwining forever. In Mary Zimmerman's lyrical update of Ovid's classical myths, humans who sink into a pool of water emerge divine, and love serves as alchemist in a series of gorgeous, fluid transformations.