Pull of Words

Poetic inquirers immerse themselves in the flow of life, listening for art ordinary world, offering a response through voice and written word. The biennial International Symposium on Inquiry, which draws poet-scholars from across disciplines showcases artful use poetry research as method inquiry. In this article, Fifth Inquiry is relived by two attendees who interrogate found poems they each created presentations performances. are brought together means researching author’s respective approaches to creating poetry. authors converse about their methodological frameworks: phenomenology metaphor/ narrative. Central dialogue how poem listened for, responses made pull words. conclude considering ethics rehousing others’ words challenge inquiry presents our own private sense-making academic conferences.