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Every two poems are 'opposing pairs'. According to Guite, "Each of the seven spheres has a certain cluster of associations and influences, Venus with love, Mars with war and martial valor, the Sun with gold, but also poetry and inspiration, etc. But equally, it is possible for each of these celestial influences to become corrupted and malign, for, as St. Augustine says, good is primal and evil is always a corruption of some original good. [sic]"<ref name="Malcolm">[https://malcolmguite.wordpress.com/2019/02/23/the-music-of-the-spheres-a-poetic-adventure-resumes/ Guite's blog post on the release of his poems]</ref> As such, the first poem of the opposing pair is diurnal, or the 'heavenly' sphere, and the second in the pair is the nocturnal, or the 'hellish' sphere. | Every two poems are 'opposing pairs'. According to Guite, "Each of the seven spheres has a certain cluster of associations and influences, Venus with love, Mars with war and martial valor, the Sun with gold, but also poetry and inspiration, etc. But equally, it is possible for each of these celestial influences to become corrupted and malign, for, as St. Augustine says, good is primal and evil is always a corruption of some original good. [sic]"<ref name="Malcolm">[https://malcolmguite.wordpress.com/2019/02/23/the-music-of-the-spheres-a-poetic-adventure-resumes/ Guite's blog post on the release of his poems]</ref> As such, the first poem of the opposing pair is diurnal, or the 'heavenly' sphere, and the second in the pair is the nocturnal, or the 'hellish' sphere. | ||
[[File:DS66ZTEU0AAGhUe.jpg|200xpx|thumb | [[File:DS66ZTEU0AAGhUe.jpg|200xpx|thumb|Poet Malcolm Guite in a Bungie Office]] | ||
To help Guite better understand the world of Destiny, O'Donnell gave Guite a list of phrases that summarized what ''Destiny'' was about. Guite was inspired by these phrases and wrote a fifteenth poem he called ''Earth's Enigmas''. Guite wrote it without Bungie asking for it, so it was never used in the game. ''Earth's Enigmas'' was released in a video on December 23, 2018. <ref>[https://malcolmguite.wordpress.com/2018/12/26/earths-enigmas-a-lost-poem/ Guite's blog post about ''Earth's Enigmas'']</ref> | To help Guite better understand the world of Destiny, O'Donnell gave Guite a list of phrases that summarized what ''Destiny'' was about. Guite was inspired by these phrases and wrote a fifteenth poem he called ''Earth's Enigmas''. Guite wrote it without Bungie asking for it, so it was never used in the game. ''Earth's Enigmas'' was released in a video on December 23, 2018. <ref>[https://malcolmguite.wordpress.com/2018/12/26/earths-enigmas-a-lost-poem/ Guite's blog post about ''Earth's Enigmas'']</ref> | ||