the smell of books
and old clothes
traveling back home

-Anthony Q. Rabang

balikbayan box
a child keeps looking
for her mom

-Anthony Q. Rabang



Anthony Q. Rabang is a physician, poet, writer, teacher, and cultural worker from the Philippines. He started writing haiku, senryu, and other short-form poems in 2016, and his works have since been widely published, receiving international awards and
recognition. To amplify Filipino and other marginalized voices, he incorporates Filipino sensibilities, culture, heritage, and social justice into his writing, along with the experiences of the communities he has immersed himself in.

Anthony was a fellow of the 5th La Salle National Creative Non-Fiction Writers’ Workshop for Health Care Professionals & Medical Interns and the 2025–2026 Confluence Fellowship.
He shares his works online through his blog, Short Pauses:

http://shortpauses.substack.com/