In The Hills Of Shiloh Poem by Shel Silverstein

In The Hills Of Shiloh

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Have you seen Amanda Blaine in the hills of Shiloh
Wandering through the morning rain through the hills of Shiloh
Have you seen her at her door, listening for the cannon's roar
And a man who went to war from the hills of Shiloh

Have you heard her mournful cries in the hills of Shiloh
Have you seen her haunted eyes in the hills of Shiloh
Have you seen her running down searching through the sleeping
town
In her yellowed wedding gown in the hills of Shiloh

Have you seen her standing there in the hills of Shiloh
Wind a blowing through her hair in the hills of Shiloh
Listening for the sound of guns listening for the rolling drums
And a man who never comes to the hills of Shiloh

Have you heard Amanda sing in the hills of Shiloh
Whispering to her wedding ring in the hills of Shiloh
Hear her humming soft and low, poor Amanda doesn't know
'Twas ended forty years ago in the hills of Shiloh

COMMENTS OF THE POEM
Tish Brennan 12 October 2020

What inspired/motivated Silverstein to write this poem? Much of his output is quasi-comical or ironic. This poem is poignant, bordering on the sentimental.

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Dr Antony Theodore 07 April 2020

Have you heard Amanda sing in the hills of Shiloh Whispering to her wedding ring in the hills of Shiloh Hear her humming soft and low, poor Amanda doesn't know 'Twas ended forty years ago in the hills of Shiloh. wonderful. tony

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Terri Hawes 27 February 2017

mournful and beautiful reminiscence on the civil war and war's sorrow

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Terri Hawes 27 February 2017

mournful and beautiful reminiscence on war

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