Cries and Whispers

By Chrys Chryssanthou

The book is an anthology of poems. Most of them were originally written in English, some, however, were written in Greek. The author translated all of them, so that each poem appears in both English and Greek. The poems reflect personal impressions and experiences of the author from his long and fascinating life in the United States and Greece. They express his deeper thoughts and feelings, his dreams and visions, his anxieties and his hopes. They are emotional, dramatic and often philosophical. The poems cover a broad spectrum of subjects from family, romance and sex, to war, tragedy and illness.


What people say

Cries & Whispers makes one shiver.
Dr. Chryssanthous poems reveal the human condition, both the good and the awful, and encapsulate moments of sadness, quiet joy, love and humanity the cries and whispers.
- Dr. Elaine Thomopoulos
Managing Director of The National Heralds Books and Greek American Scientist inserts

• Language: English
• Publisher: Xlibris US
• Release date: Jun 5, 2006
• ISBN: 9781462826827

Chrys Chryssanthou

Chrys Chryssanthou is a physician and professorial lecturer at the Mount Sinai School of Medicine in New York. He received his MD from the Aristotle University, Greece. He pursued postgraduate studies in New York and attended special courses at Harvard Medical School and Hahneman Medical College. The Autonomous University of Guadalajara, Mexico, conferred upon him the title of Professor Extraordinario and he received an honorary diploma from the Medical School of Lima, Peru. He conducted extensive medical research and published over one hundred articles in scientific journals and books. His work was internationally acclaimed and NBC-TV and Panamerican Television interviewed him on prime time. As Visiting Professor he lectured and gave courses in many Academic institutions in the US and abroad. Dr. Chryssanthou was also very active in the field of literature. He served as editor of the Greek literary periodical Pyrsos (torch) and contributed a lot of prose and poetry to books, journals, and magazines. In the last decade, he published the books Cries and Whispers and The Secret Message of the Rooster in New York. He was honored with several medals, awards, and distinctions for his scientific and literary accomplishments.

Book preview

CRIES

AND

WHISPERS

Copyright © 2006 by Chrys Chryssanthou.

Library of Congress Control Number: 2006903537

ISBN: Hardcover 1-4257-1363-7

Softcover 1-4257-1362-9

eBook 9781462826827

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Contents

Η ΣΤΙΓΜΗ Π΄ΑΚΟΥΣ ΤΗ ΣΙΩΠΗ3

THE MOMENT YOU HEAR THE SILENCE3

ΔΥΟ ΚΟΣΜΟΙ ΠΑΡΑΛΛΗΛΟΙ

TWO PARALLEL WORLDS

ΞΑΝΑΚΥΛΟΥΝ ΤΑ ΔΑΚΡΥΑ

THAWING TEARS

ΟΙ ΚΟΡΟΥΛΕΣ ΜΟΥ-ΠΟΡΤΡΑΙΤΟ 4

PORTRAIT OF MY LITTLE GIRLS4

ΕΜΕΙΣ ΑΝΑΒΟΥΜΕ ΤΟΝ ΗΛΙΟ

WE LIGHT THE SUN

ΤΟ ΕΠΑΘΛΟ ΕΙΝΑΙ ΤΟ ΤΑΞΕΙΔΙ

THE PRIZE IS THE TRIP

ΜΙΑΝ ΑΚΤΗ

A BEACH

ΣΤΗΝ ΠΑΡΥΦΗ ΤΟΥ ΔΡΟΜΟΥ

ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD

ΟΝΕΙΡΟ ΚΑΙ ΛΙΓΟ ΧΩΜΑ

DREAM AND SOIL

ΜΙΑ ΜΕΡΑ ΤΟΥ ΙΟΥΝΗ

A DAY IN JUNE

Σ΄ ΑΓΑΠΩ

I LOVE YOU

ΘΕΣΣΑΛΟΝΙΚΗ

SALONIKA7

ΑΝΑΜΕΣΑ

IN BETWEEN

TAΞEIΔI ME ΠΛOIO

SAILING

ΝΟΣΤΑΛΓΙΑ7

NOSTALGIA11

ΕΛΕΓΕΙΑ

ELEGY

ΕΙΣΒΟΛΗ ΣΤΗΝ ΑΘΗΝΑ8

INVASION OF ATHENS13

ΑΝΥΠΟΜΟΝΗΣΙΑ

IMPATIENCE

H MNHMH THΣ

HER MEMORY

ΝΕΑ ΥΟΡΚΗ

NEW YORK

ΜΕ ΤΑ ΟΜΟΡΦΑ ΜΑΤΙΑ ΜΟΥ

WITH MY BEAUTIFUL EYES

ΕΙΝΑΙ ΕΝΑ ΦΩΣ

IT IS A LIGHT

ΜΟΝΑΔΑ ΕΝΤΑΤΙΚΗΣ ΘΕΡΑΠΕΙΑΣ

INTENSIVE CARE UNIT

Ο ΚΑΘΡΕΦΤΗΣ

THE MIRROR

OΔHΓHΣE ΜΕ

GUIDE ME

ΔΕΝ ΕΙΝΑΙ ΑΠΟΨΕ ΜΟΝΑΧΑ

IT ISN’T JUST TONIGHT

Η ΝΥΧΤΑ ΠΟΥ ΠΗΡΑ ΤΑ ΣΚΟΥΛΑΡΙΚΙΑ

THE NIGHT I GOT THE EARRINGS

ΣΗΜΕΙΩΣΕΙΣ

NOTES

Στη γυναίκα μου

To my wife

"Και με τον ήχο των για μιά στιγμή επιστρέφουν

ήχοι από την πρώτη ποίηση της ζωής μας-

σα μουσική, την νύχτα, μακρινή, που σβύνει."

Κ. Π. ΚΑΒΑΦΗΣ2

"And with their