Mangroves (2003) is a collection of poetry by Australian poet Laurie Duggan.
[1] Writing in Jacket magazine Angela Rockel concluded: "The structure of this collection invites a spiral of readings in which earlier poems are re-experienced in the light of later work, and later work is understood differently in relation to its origins in earlier patterns.
Rather than pro- or regression, the shift that occurs in the space between Part II and Part I is imaged as a change in location, and, as for the costumed figures of The Night Watch in the photograph, nothing has changed/ everything has changed.
"[2] David McCooey, in his review in Westerley, had a wider view: "Mangroves is notable for its power, its multiplicity, and its wit.
Humour, as ever, is important to Duggan and Mangoves is enlightened by many great jokes.