House of Fiya

ааа Fiya was born in 1966 as Patricia Ronette Corbett to a civil rights activist and writer/teacher.а Considering herself to be a Сblack power babyТ, she believes her parents gave her the gifts of strength, love, and writing.аа Fiya is a poet who is a self-proclaimed truth seeker and rebel; who uses words to seduce, excite, and challenge her audience to examine the feminist perspective and to transcend beyond traditional urban stereotypes.а From her witty and upbeat Сthick sistaТ, her erotically orgasmic СGodivaТ, and her latest conscious poem Сelevate peopleТ, Fiya Сs words beg to be read and scream to be performed!

Although Fiya enjoys weaving sensual verse, she is more than an erotic poet; she is a devout thinker who transmits thought through words.а These transmissions are best exemplified in such social protest poems as Сborn in the sixtiesТ, her unabashed rendition of Сbooty shakerТ, and her audience driven СiТm not that chickТ.а These poems speak of the plight of African-American men and women.

For the past 15 years, she has written for those around her, and to overcome many obstacles and personal struggles. In fact, for Fiya, writing is a source of nourishment that is necessary for her survival and growth; without it, she believes she would parish.аа Her belief is that she is divinely influenced to enlighten through the written word and spoken word.аа Although Fiya has a long list of accomplishments that include writing for film, television, and radio, she is most fond of and feels a deeper spiritual connection to her poetry and prose. Fiya believes in diversity and the convergence of poetry and prose.а Using a combination of the two, she has produced writing with a unique blend of rhyme and free verse that is distinctively Fiya.

Fiya believes she has a kind of love affair with her writing.а She has ceaselessly labored over her poetry to produce children in the form of refined and lyrical verse.аа She has always nurtured and protected her poems, referring affectionately to them as her children. However, she now feels finally ready to free them to the universe!а Releasing her children from their maternal environment, she hopes they will be adopted, embraced and loved.

Fiya cites her main influences as her mother, Nikki Giovanni, T.S. Eliot, Ralph Ellison and Tony Morrison.а Believing in the art of spoken word, her goal is to capture listeners one at a time. She, shares her verse with whoever is unafraid to explore the cutting edge and to be baptized in Fiya.а Her poetry is daring and unapologetically passionate.

Open your heart and mind and prepare to be cerebrally seduced by the fiery intonations of a Сthick sistaТ who knows how to heat up the page and burn up the stage ЕFiya!