Young, Lenora2024-07-162024-07-162024-07https://hdl.handle.net/2152.5/10374The author submitted this entry in the Open Verse Poetry category (Amateur division) for the 2024 On My Own Time (OMOT) Art Show.My inspiration for writing the poem "Teachers and Surgeons" was to model writing comparison poetry for my 6th grade ELA students. The reason I selected those two careers is because I wanted them to understand that although they are commonly mistaken to have a vast level of differences and importance, they are truly quite similar.enOpen Verse PoetryOtherDivision A: Amateur