i like this and i can't dissect why, i just do. maybe because it explores so much - sexual desire, art, vanity. whatever it is, kudos to you!

This is a beautiful allusion to Ovid's "Metamorphoses" and his descriptions of Pygmalion's desire for his statue to come to life. I'm always reminded of Aphrodite when I think of this myth.

I liked the repetition of "O Pygmalion." It added a nice longing emotion to the piece.

"She is almost adamantine." Brilliant diction.

I love that this poem connects Pygmalion's desire to creation/creativity, and thus, depicts him as being narcisstic in terms of his love for his own statue creation.

Great work!
-Isca

Gosh, is it a coincidence that my Lit teacher has mentioned Pygmalion and Narcissus not too long ago? I feel that this poem points out how we often grow too attached to our creations.
"But O Pygmalion, is this not the nature of art?"
Great, I have finally understood why many artists and writers are so madly in love with their own creations. Well, at least loving what you have done is much, much better than feeling ashamed.

extremely well written. bravo. i loved the last line:)

Written+poetry=pure win.

^_^

Alrighty, I don't know the whole story of Pygmalion and Narcissus, but I loved the poem here (of course). My favorite line was

O Pygmalion! He fell hard
from his high tower, bewitched
by the power of his own creation,

The imagery was so good here. And I suppose this is in the story/legend/whatever, but I liked the ending. It was especially ironic.

^_^

Well, I'm not a big guy in Greek mythos, so I'll leave the whole issue at that. With that being said though, good poem there. It really gave out the feel of human selfishness and how art can possibly reflect this aspect of human nature. Anyway, good job here. And yeah, thanks for your recent reviews on Circles of Arven. Hope to see more of them soon! ^^ Bye! :)

I reviewed this before, didn't I? I'm sure it is familiar to me? Wasn't Pygmalion the one who was chained to the rock and fell in love with his own reflection in the water? Or am I completely mixing up two very different things? Or maybe I am halfway right? I have no idea. Hahaha, no, I am a loser..

Okay, so here he created a woman from stone and turned her real. But he wasn't really in love with the real her, only the stone version of her...

I just had a mental image of someone making out with that David statue, and it made me giggle.

I reviewed. Hee hee. Sorry, I should learn to appreciate poetry more.