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Poem of the Day: ‘Bread and Wine’

Lines about the struggle to make a living in the day and a spouse’s gift of love in the night that sustains the fight for life.

Portrait of Countee Cullen, detail, by Carl Van Vechten, 1941.
Portrait of Countee Cullen, detail, by Carl Van Vechten, 1941. Library of Congress