Poet with a house right behind me (5)
I believe the answer is:
homer
'poet' is the definition.
(Homer is an example)
'house right behind me' is the wordplay.
'house' becomes 'ho' (abbreviation for house).
'right' becomes 'r' (abbreviation).
'behind' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'r' put after 'me' is 'mer'.
'ho'+'mer'='HOMER'
'with a' is the link.
(Other definitions for homer that I've seen before include "Cartoon father of Bart and Lisa" , "Ancient Greek poet" , "Great Greek author of the Odyssey" , "Racing pigeon?" , "Greek poet - TV's Simpson" .)