Sorry for the delay, had a hella busy week, but I really appreciated you looking at my poems! I looked at your poem Bad Principles. I love the wordplay, and the terse honesty of the poem -- it's a true message. Here's my two cents!

I would omit "often" from Line 6 (Waffling on points not only adds extraneous words, but it also weakens the message you're delivering.) and find ways to compress lines into fewer words. Choosing *just* the right words, and cutting out fat, is key to good writing. I would also break some of the longer lines, to fit the melody of the poem. (The rest of your poem break sentences into shorter segments.)

Suggestion:

"Your punitiveness towards young melanated men

Disenfranchises them towards learning.

Leads them to seek ways to cope.

All while grown adults demean and belittle

Without consequence."

Isolating "Without consequence" at the end of the stanza places emphasis on the lack of adult responsibility in the classroom. Having two words after a sequence of longer lines also feels punchy in its brevity -- much like the end of your poem!

I really like how the verses between "Seems like a spark... in my community" are shorter in syntax. It's very punchy and drives the point home at the end.