Behind Me: poem in free-verse and audio

July 28, 2026

Behind Me: poem in free-verse and audio

When studying this week’s photo for Sadje’s #Whatdoyousee, I saw a crow in the reflection of the house’s upper window. And so my poem was born. I hope you enjoy it, along with the audio interpretation.

Behind Me


Behind me on the slanted roof
perched the crow —
I know
because I can see him
reflected
in the upper window

silhouetted 
on the sharp apex of the roof
above
below
where orange curtains billow

gleaming black
behind my back

we face the house
with stencilled street art
and a sign that says
SPACE

there’s something
unusual about 
this place


_{—Lesley Scoble, July 2026}

Audio — Behind Me

narrated by me

Behind Me | Words, Sound Design and Editing©️Lesley Scoble

Acknowledgements

Enormous thanks as always to Sadje, for her wonderful #WDYS photo prompts and poetic encouragement.
Image credit; Alexander Kaufmann@ Unsplash
The feature digital ink drawing of the crow is by me.
The background music to the audio was AI generated and edited by me in Bandlab. The voice is mine.