Krobar grew up in greater cincinnati and northern kentucky moving from house to house while his parents ran from there probloms

he went to at least 20 or more schools was always the new kid , he had probloms at school and at home .At a young age he began writting songs 

and keeping a journal of all he was gpoing threw . At one of the last schools he attended he let his english/reading teacher read some of his work

she then published a few of his poems into a book calles "l dont wanna be rescued" that was in 2000.Tats where he got the name "The Shoebox Poet" <embed src="http://void.snocap.com/s/T3-31324-K9QFP324ES-2/" width="425" height="300" wmode="transparent" style="background: url(http://void.snocap.com/b/T3-31324-K9QFP324ES-2/);"/>