hi there, the following is a minimal example of the layout i am working on. -----------------------%<------------------------- % output=pdftex \enableregime[latin2] \setuppapersize [A5][A5] \defineparagraphs [poem][n=2] \setupparagraphs [poem][1][width=.35\textwidth] \setupparagraphs [poem][2][rule=on] \starttext \startpoem \section{poem} \poem\startlines line 1 line 2 \page line 3 line 4 \stoplines\stoppoem \stoptext -----------------------%<------------------------- when the poem gets long, i need to start a new page obviously. but page is not working. what am i missing here? also, using \page is one thing, good for me, so i could tell, flush the page right here, but i thought i'll get an automatic pagebreak when the text gets to the bottom.... sorry if this is a very silly question, just getting my feet wet with context.... thanks -f -- bungee diving - living it up when you're going down!