diff --git a/src/kiss/Kiss.hx b/src/kiss/Kiss.hx
index 322446f..3957238 100644
--- a/src/kiss/Kiss.hx
+++ b/src/kiss/Kiss.hx
@@ -438,6 +438,12 @@ class Kiss {
                 } catch (err:Exception) {
                     throw KissError.fromExp(exp, 'Haxe parse error: $err');
                 };
+            case RawHaxeBlock(code):
+                try {
+                    Context.parse('{$code}', exp.macroPos());
+                } catch (err:Exception) {
+                    throw KissError.fromExp(exp, 'Haxe parse error: $err');
+                };
             case FieldExp(field, innerExp):
                 EField(convert(innerExp), field).withMacroPosOf(exp);
             case KeyValueExp(keyExp, valueExp):
diff --git a/src/kiss/Reader.hx b/src/kiss/Reader.hx
index f4faa05..b0a641c 100644
--- a/src/kiss/Reader.hx
+++ b/src/kiss/Reader.hx
@@ -68,7 +68,17 @@ class Reader {
             CallExp(Symbol("quote").withPos(stream.position()), [assertRead(stream, k)]);
         };
 
-        readTable["#|"] = (stream:Stream, k) -> RawHaxe(stream.expect("closing |#", () -> stream.takeUntilAndDrop("|#")));
+        readTable["#|"] = (stream:Stream, k) -> {
+            var pos = stream.position();
+            var haxe = stream.expect("closing |#", () -> stream.takeUntilAndDrop("|#"));
+            var def = RawHaxe(haxe);
+            KissError.warnFromExp(def.withPos(pos), '#|rawHaxe()|# expressions are deprecated because they only parse one statement and ignore the rest. Try this: #{$haxe}#');
+            def;
+        };
+
+        readTable["#{"] = (stream:Stream, k) -> {
+            RawHaxeBlock(stream.expect("closing }#", () -> stream.takeUntilAndDrop("}#")));
+        };
 
         readTable[":"] = (stream:Stream, k) -> TypedExp(nextToken(stream, "a type path"), assertRead(stream, k));
 
@@ -495,8 +505,11 @@ class Reader {
             case RawHaxe(code):
                 // #| haxeCode() |#
                 '#| $code |#';
+            case RawHaxeBlock(code):
+                // #{ haxeCode(); moreHaxeCode(); }#
+                '#{ $code }#';
             case TypedExp(path, exp):
-                // :type [exp]
+                // :Type [exp]
                 ':$path ${exp.def.toString()}';
             case MetaExp(meta, exp):
                 // &meta
diff --git a/src/kiss/ReaderExp.hx b/src/kiss/ReaderExp.hx
index 1951595..6c32688 100644
--- a/src/kiss/ReaderExp.hx
+++ b/src/kiss/ReaderExp.hx
@@ -12,7 +12,8 @@ enum ReaderExpDef {
     ListExp(exps:Array<ReaderExp>); // [v1 v2 v3]
     StrExp(s:String); // "literal"
     Symbol(name:String); // s
-    RawHaxe(code:String); // #| haxeCode() |#
+    RawHaxe(code:String); // #| haxeCode() |# // deprecated!
+    RawHaxeBlock(code:String); // #{ haxeCode(); moreHaxeCode(); }#
     TypedExp(path:String, exp:ReaderExp); // :Type [exp]
     MetaExp(meta:String, exp:ReaderExp); // &meta [exp]
     FieldExp(field:String, exp:ReaderExp); // .field [exp]
diff --git a/src/test/cases/BasicTestCase.hx b/src/test/cases/BasicTestCase.hx
index 6ef1cfd..069aebb 100644
--- a/src/test/cases/BasicTestCase.hx
+++ b/src/test/cases/BasicTestCase.hx
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ class BasicTestCase extends Test {
     }
 
     function testHaxeInsertion() {
-        Assert.equals(23, BasicTestCase.mathResult);
+        _testHaxeInsertion();
     }
 
     function testStaticFunction() {
diff --git a/src/test/cases/BasicTestCase.kiss b/src/test/cases/BasicTestCase.kiss
index 31e628e..65c6e07 100644
--- a/src/test/cases/BasicTestCase.kiss
+++ b/src/test/cases/BasicTestCase.kiss
@@ -9,8 +9,18 @@
 // (var) declares static variables
 (var message "Howdy")
 
-// #| ... |# parses and injects raw Haxe code
-(var mathResult #|5 + 6 * 3|#) // Order of operations will apply
+(function _testHaxeInsertion []
+    // #| ... |# parses and injects raw Haxe code.
+    // Order of operations will apply
+    (Assert.equals 23 #|5 + 6 * 3|#)
+    // #{ ... }# parses and injects a raw Haxe block. It is preferred over #| |# 
+    (let [&mut a 5 &mut b 6]
+        #{
+            a += 6; b += 5;
+        }#
+        (Assert.equals 11 a)
+        (Assert.equals 11 b)))
+
 
 // (function) declares static functions
 (function myFloor [num] 
@@ -327,7 +337,7 @@
     (try
             (assert false (+ "false " "should " "have " "been " "true"))
         (catch [:String message]
-            (Assert.equals "kiss/src/test/cases/BasicTestCase.kiss:328:13: Assertion failed: false should have been true
+            (Assert.equals "kiss/src/test/cases/BasicTestCase.kiss:338:13: Assertion failed: false should have been true
 From:[(assert false (+ \"false \" \"should \" \"have \" \"been \" \"true\"))]" message)))
     
     (assert true)