"The Crane is My Neighbour" (1938) is a poem by Australian poet John Shaw Neilson.

[1] The poem was originally published in the author's poetry collection Beauty Imposes : Some Recent Verse by Angus and Robertson and subsequently reprinted in the author's major collection of poetry (Collected Verse of John Shaw Neilson edited by Margaret Roberts, UWA Publishing, 2012) as well as other poetry anthologies.

[1] While reviewing the poet's collection Beauty Imposes in The Argus reviewer G. W. H. notes: "Mr. Neilson has not lost the delicate sureness of touch which gained him his reputation, and this little volume has several exquisite things like "The Crane is My Neighbour," "Sunday Evening," and "Golden Fugitive."

It is this oneness in feeling and expression which sets his slight poetic creativeness above the ambitious but semi-articulate projects of many younger writers.

"[2] In her introduction to the Collected Poems of John Shaw Neilson edited by Margaret Roberts, Helen Hewson wrote: "With the familiar cadence of 'The Lord is my shepherd', 'The Crane is my neighbour' answers a significant question, 'Who is my neighbour?'