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I’m looking for a poetic word or expression that means making professional connections, lobbying, networking, socializing professionally.

League, circuit, club, society, and so on and so forth.

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    Those are words for groups, not for an activity.
    – John Lawler
    Commented Jul 5, 2014 at 19:47
  • What do you mean by 'poetic'? In English, it is more than two hundred years since the notion of a distinct 'poetic diction' was challenged, and a hundred since the distinction died.
    – StoneyB on hiatus
    Commented Jul 5, 2014 at 19:47

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Is it schmooze you’re looking for?

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    Behind the closed doors all the high-rollers schmooze / Jovial thanks to cigars and the booze There, I just made it "poetic," even.
    – J.R.
    Commented Jul 5, 2014 at 21:35
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Let me first say that limericks are also a form of poetry. In that spirit my answer is hobnob.

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I’d go with rubbing elbows — or hobnobbing.

Hunt and peck around those thesaurus links to look for others that may be more appropriate for your usage.

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The first word that comes to mind is mingle.

I've been hearing more frequently the word politic used as a verb.

"Let's meet tomorrow and politic."

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  • If you include links to the meaning/definition of these words, you might get more upvotes.
    – Tragicomic
    Commented Oct 1, 2015 at 5:59

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