Quintain Poems

 

 

For Eric's 58th Birthday April 15, 2025 

 

"ERIC

CONSIDERATE, PERSISTENT

CARING, PERSEVERING, SUPPORTING

THOUGHTFUL WITH FOLLOW-THROUGH

SON"

(by CN Toftoy, father)

 

DEATH OF A COMBAT US ARMY INFANTRY SOLDIER

"Dying

Legs Gone

Convulsing, quivering, moaning

Blood covering my fatigues

Quietus"

     CN Toftoy

 

MY TWO BACKYARD LAWNS

"Grass

Blades of beauty

Greening, thriving, waving

Adds depth to garden

Lawns"

CN Toftoy

 

WEST POINT CADETS

“Cadets 

Extraordinary, stellar

Astonishing, awe-inspiring, surpassing

 

West Point’s incomparable youths

 

Leaders”

 

C.N. Toftoy

 

WIDOWS- USMA, 1958

"Widows

Our heroines

Supporting, Unyielding, Encouraging

Class's brick and mortar

Confidantes"

     C.N. Toftoy

 

EASTER BUNNY RABBIT

"Bunny

Long ears, short tail

Hopping, burrowing, cunning, unassuming

Gregarious, elegant, innocence, calmness

Rabbit"

    C.N. Toftoy, March 2025

 

For Memorial Service May 18, ANC

 

THE BRAVE THIRTEEN                    

For 1958 West Point Classmates Who Died In Vietnam

Died Honorably

Hail-Duty, Honor, Country

God Bless You

Heroes

CN Toftoy, May 18, 2025

 

For John Herren, my wedding's best man

 

John Daniel Herren, USMA; ‘58

"John

Best man

Helping, Trusting, hardworking

Kind, supportive, modest, loyal

Friend"

CN Toftoy

 

 

THE HAPPY SUNFLOWER                                   

"Sunflower                              

Vitality, positivity

Smiling, brightening, engaging, awakening

Truth, long life

Helianthus"                                              

CN Toftoy, March 2025

 

 

ADORABLE BABY LAMB

"Lamb

Energetic, playful

Bleating, spinning, bucking, grazing

Strong bonding with mother

Lambkin"

CN Toftoy, March 2025