For the Good of All, Do Not Destroy the Birds: EssaysLiterary Nonfiction. Essays. A blend of literary criticism and memoir, Jennifer Moxley's FOR THE GOOD OF ALL, DO NOT DESTROY THE BIRDS recounts a life spent in the company of birds and poems, intimately attuned to the mysteries of singing. These essays trace the poet's calling to sources in birdsong and sacrifice, asking, Must a woman be sentenced to endless night for a poet to be born? From the myth of Orpheus and Eurydice to the death of the poet's