Poèmes pour Mi

Poèmes pour Mi
Song cycle by Olivier Messiaen
Claire Delbos and Olivier Messiaen in 1933
TextPoems by the composer
LanguageFrench
Composed1936 (1936)–1937
DedicationClaire Delbos
Duration32 min
Movements9
Scoring
  • soprano
  • piano or orchestra

Poèmes pour Mi (Poems for Mi) is a song cycle for dramatic soprano and piano or orchestra by Olivier Messiaen, composed in 1936 and 1937 and dedicated to his first wife, Claire Delbos. The text are poems by the composer based on the New Testament.

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