Spring Tongue-Tied the Ocean captures the wonder of the coming of spring. Spring comes slowly as one turns the pages, beginning with the melting of winter: “Weariness burbled and plopped.” With each turn the word SPRING enters from the left, at first just part of the “g”ß printed only slightly darker than the page itself until on the final spread the full word presents itself in a vibrant green. As the letters spelling SPRING deepen in color, the primary text, which dances across each page, turns from near black to a blue.