Poem attributed to husband (3,2)
I believe the answer is:
lay by
'husband' is the definition.
(thesaurus)
'poem attributed' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'poem' could be 'lay' (lay is a kind of poem) and 'lay' is found within the answer.
The remaining letters 'by' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't see.
This explanation may well be incorrect...
'to' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for lay by that I've seen before include "Pull-in" , "New Zealand's system of purchasing" , "Parking facility" , "keep for future use" , "space at a roadside" .)