5 APRIL 1968, Page 7

New momentum

CHRISTOPHER HOLLIS

`What had been an orderly and disciplined demonstration changed momentum when a yogi decided to stand on his head at the corner of Downing Street.'—The Times.

In Downing Street, when all was dull as dead, A passing yogi stood upon his head, To prove beyond dispute that it was wrong To fight a war against the Vietcong.

The patient crowd greeted with loud applause This as a novel blow for freedom's cause. In such a place how much more strange to meet A man who sometimes stood upon his feet.