diff --git a/SSG.ipkg b/SSG.ipkg
index f9dc0c4..2a04ca2 100644
--- a/SSG.ipkg
+++ b/SSG.ipkg
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ depends = contrib
         , eff
         , elab-util
         , elab-pretty
+        , sop
         , prettier
 
 -- modules to install
diff --git a/src/SSG/Djot/Block.idr b/src/SSG/Djot/Block.idr
index 5601433..057c7ea 100644
--- a/src/SSG/Djot/Block.idr
+++ b/src/SSG/Djot/Block.idr
@@ -1 +1,130 @@
+||| DJot Block formatting parser
 module SSG.Djot.Block
+
+import SSG.Djot.Inline
+import SSG.Djot.Lines
+
+import Control.Eff
+import Data.Maybe
+import Data.String
+import Derive.Prelude
+import Derive.Pretty
+import Generics.Derive
+import Structures.Dependent.DList
+
+-- Just for iutils unit tests
+import System
+
+%language ElabReflection
+%hide Generics.SOP.values
+%hide Generics.Derive.Show
+%hide Generics.Derive.Eq
+
+--* Data Structures *
+
+||| Types of block level element
+public export
+data BlockType : Type where
+  TParagraph : BlockType
+
+%runElab derive "BlockType" [Generic, Show, Eq, DecEq]
+
+||| A block element
+public export
+data Block : BlockType -> Type where
+  Paragraph : (content : List (Inline)) -> Block TParagraph
+
+%runElab derive "Block" [Show, Eq]
+
+--* Parsing Utilities *
+
+||| Type alias for block parsing
+BParser : Type -> Type
+BParser t = Eff [Lines, Fail] t
+
+-- FIXME: Proper whitespace handling
+||| Detect if a line is blank
+blankLine : String -> Bool
+blankLine = null . trim
+
+||| Select and apply the first matching parser from a list, with a fallback parser
+selectParser :
+  {fallback_type : BlockType} -> {values : _}
+  -> (fallback : BParser (Block fallback_type))
+  -> DList BlockType (\t => (String -> Bool, BParser (Block t))) values
+  -> BParser (t : BlockType ** Block t)
+selectParser fallback [] = do
+  x <- fallback
+  pure (_ ** x)
+selectParser fallback ((pred, parser) :: rest) = do
+  Just line <- peek
+    | _ => fail
+  if pred line
+    then do
+      x <- parser
+      pure (_ ** x)
+    else selectParser fallback rest
+
+||| Repeat a parser until failure or if we are out of lines
+repeat : BParser t -> BParser (List t)
+repeat x = do
+  Just _ <- peek
+    | _ => pure []
+  Just res <- lift . runFail $ x
+    | _ => pure []
+  map (res ::) (repeat x)
+
+||| Run a parser
+runBParser : (input : String) -> BParser t -> Maybe t
+runBParser input x =
+  map fst . extract . runFail . runLines input $ x
+
+--* Syntax *
+
+-- Forward declare for mutual recursion
+||| Top level block parser
+pBlock : BParser (t : BlockType ** Block t)
+
+paragraph : BParser (Block TParagraph)
+paragraph = do
+  contents <- map (inline . joinBy "\n") $ slurp blankLine
+  pure $ Paragraph contents
+
+-- Definition for top level block parser
+pBlock = selectParser paragraph []
+
+
+--******************************
+--* Top Level Parsing Function *
+--******************************
+
+||| Parse a string as a sequences of blocks
+export
+block : (input : String) -> (values ** DList BlockType Block values)
+block input =
+  case runBParser input (repeat pBlock) of
+    Nothing => (_ ** [])
+    Just x => fromList x
+
+--* Unit Tests *
+
+[myshow] Show (t : BlockType ** Block t) where
+  show (_ ** block) = show block
+
+{values : _} -> Show (DList BlockType Block values) where
+  show xs =
+    let xs = map (show @{myshow}) $ toList xs
+    in "[\{joinBy ", " xs}]"
+
+golden : {values : _}
+  -> (input : String) -> (ref : DList BlockType Block values) -> IO Bool
+golden input ref = do
+  putStrLn "Input: \{show input}"
+  putStrLn "Reference:\n  \{show ref}"
+  let (types ** output) = block input
+  putStrLn "Output:\n  \{show output}"
+  pure $ ref $== output
+
+-- @@test Paragraph Smoke
+smokeParagraph : IO Bool
+smokeParagraph = golden "Hello World!" [Paragraph [Text "Hello World!"]]
diff --git a/src/SSG/Djot/Lines.idr b/src/SSG/Djot/Lines.idr
index 4bd9483..a445b39 100644
--- a/src/SSG/Djot/Lines.idr
+++ b/src/SSG/Djot/Lines.idr
@@ -36,7 +36,9 @@ take = send Take
 --************************
 
 ||| Take lines until a line matching the given predicate is encountered, dropping the
-||| matching line
+||| all of the matching lines until the first non matching one
+|||
+||| Intended to be used to slurp up to the next blank line, discarding the blanks
 export
 slurp : Has Lines fs => (predicate : String -> Bool) -> Eff fs (List String)
 slurp predicate = do
@@ -45,7 +47,7 @@ slurp predicate = do
   if predicate line
     then do
       _ <- take
-      pure []
+      slurp predicate
     else do
       Just x <- take
         | _ => pure []
diff --git a/todo.org b/todo.org
index f09188d..e3c77c7 100644
--- a/todo.org
+++ b/todo.org
@@ -9,13 +9,12 @@ Decided to rename =Tag= to =Html=, and =Raw= to =Text=, which makes this make se
 ** TODO Refine =location= in =ParserLocation=
 ** TODO Error messages
 ** TODO Combinators for predictive parsing
-* Djot [1/38]
+* Djot [2/38]
 :PROPERTIES:
 :COOKIE_DATA: recursive
 :END:
-** Parsing [1/33]
+** Parsing [2/33]
 *** Block Level
-**** TODO Paragraph
 **** TODO Heading
 **** TODO Block Quote
 **** TODO List Item
@@ -29,8 +28,8 @@ Decided to rename =Tag= to =Html=, and =Raw= to =Text=, which makes this make se
 **** TODO Footnote
 **** TODO Block Attributes
 **** TODO Heading Links
+**** DONE Paragraph
 *** Inline
-**** DONE Ordinary Text
 **** TODO Escaped Text
 **** TODO Link
 **** TODO Image
@@ -48,6 +47,7 @@ Decided to rename =Tag= to =Html=, and =Raw= to =Text=, which makes this make se
 **** TODO Symbols
 **** TODO Raw Inline
 **** TODO Inline Attributes
+**** DONE Ordinary Text
 *** Lines effect
 **** TODO =IO= Backed implementation
 *** Known Inaccuracies