T-shirts and favourite poems

Barenib's "Damien Hirst wears glasses" And to please us prosers - Noodles, by Andy Barrattt. Come on, it's short, it is magical and funny. Actually, I just like the idea of everyone voting for their ten favourite pieces, after the first full year of running the site, I think this would be interesting. Given that we are an abc of stories and poems, we could pick the most popular representative of each letter. Not for the T-shirts, just for a special "Reader's choice abc-set"

...maybe the techno people could set up a link to nominate direct to.....would make it easier to calculate all the votes and find the top 10...

Would this not be open to abuse, as per the star-rating system? People voting for themselves etc.

This a really great idea, but quite an impossible task! Many of my favourite poems on here are fairly long...I will try by giving a few of my nominations... 1) Poet Judes "Alcoholic Haze" 2) Fey_Mouse "Glass of water" 3) Primate "Owl" 4) Liana "Under every bed" ......How short do they have to be as I have quite a few I would like to nominate, this is hard work!

Sterling Idea worth the Christmas spending Gold ... If anyone happens to like any of this - Author: Spirit of Twin Tower Donation: The Twin Tower Fund Cheap Ironies I want to be a force for Good. Poetry Map Life can make you howl with laughter, then turn around and scare the daylights out of you. Time of Emotions Poetry provides a time capsule to preserve all emotions. Philosopher-King My Well-Reasoned Political Beliefs

anything by simon66 (does this count as 'open to abuse'?)

Mm. Sorry to pour cold water etc but - doesn't putting something that many may like (but not buy), and others may not, onto a shirt alienate many potential customers who'd be very willing to wear a shirt with a big ABC logo, but not one bearing a poem they're not too keen on? Votes for a poem may well not translate into sales for any number of reasons (like poets seldom being well-heeled), and it sounds like a sure-fire way of having a pile of unsold stock left on ABC's hands. Sorry to sound negative, but I'd stick with the logo. PS Just because you like a poem probably won't save you from ridicule from your less "cultured" mates every time you wear it out.

Don't stress, we've already thought of this. You can get T-shirts, mousemats, mugs and more with a big ABCtales logo, on them too. Visit our shop to buy yours. Re: unsold stock, it's not a problem as it's print on demand so we won't end up with unsold stock. Cheers Emily

Fair enough. I stand corrected.

vote for simon66... and i promise to think about spending some of the royalties (which i really really need) in that fantastic store - the body shop... and possibly in some of the wonderful affiliated companies linked for your convenience on this very site. (how am i doin' mgt?)... not only that, but i will stop killing dolphins and whales (possibly even kittens - although i do enjoy that quite a lot)... and that's a cast iron promise. remember, a vote for simon66 is a vote for YOU! ... a vote for simon66 is a vote for US ALL! eye thank ewe.

*serious* i'd like to nominate a piece of prose. it's called 'What You Said' and it's absolutely flippin' brilliant. i don't know who wrote it, but they'll go far. i'd buy twenty t-shirts myself so i could wear one every day of the month. blummin', flippin' BRILLIANT! eye thank ewe.

Any of Eddie Gibbons' t-shirt shorts, or am I late with that suggestion? Ive been away...