n+7...

So I thought this week's assignment was really interesting. I found it extremely helpful to have guidelines and restrictions. I had been having trouble coming up with ideas of topics to write about and so it was nice having a base to begin working off of. However, I am not sure how I feel about n+7 poems. I wrote my own poem first, following a set of rules I had established and then i n+7ed my own poem and while it came out funny and strange, it seems a little too mad-lib-esque for me. I was also a little confused on what to do if it was a compound noun. For example rain showers, i didn't know if I should look up rain alone or put in two new words. Probably it doesn't matter at all since n+7 poems seem to be pretty nonsensical in the first place.I guess the one thing in particular that I don't really like about the n+7 poem is that it isn't really self sufficient. I feel like it isn't exactly accessible to the everyday reader, you have to understand the rules and structure behind it to truly appreciate it, an unaware person wouldn't be able to pick it up and admire it for its language or rhythm since the words that are replaced typically seem awkward and jarring inserted into the poem. I found the n+7 I wrote to be pretty awkward sounding, but maybe that's a result of the dictionary I used too...