The work of the Russian poet of the turn of the millennium Irina Verbitskaya is represented by civil, philosophical and love lyrics. The collection of lyrical poems “Metamorphoses” logically continues the collection “Chiaroscuro”, published earlier. These two collections form a single whole. The book “Metamorphoses” contains poems from various cycles of love poetry, such as “Black Moon”, “El-Risha”, “Vertical of the Pendulum”, “Labyrinth”, “Metamorphoses of the Rose”, “Angels on Fire” and others. Irina Verbitskaya's lyrics are distinguished by extreme sincerity, openness of spiritual movements, and are permeated with a sublime aspiration for the Beautiful!