Rosen Moon

The rosen moon symbolizes menstruation. Poets often use lunar imagery to evoke menstruation due to both having a cyclical nature. Here the moon is rose-colored, which also gives it a romantic feeling.

Horns

Horns symbolize the speaker's animal body. Perhaps some people condemn her body as corrupt, leading them to characterize her horns as devilish. The speaker's own relationship with her body is more complex than simple acceptance or debasement, as seen when she calls herself a field.

Sweet Grass

Sweet grass symbolizes the comfort that indigeneity brings. The poet alludes to the Native ecologist Robin Wall Kimmerer's book Braiding Sweetgrass in the lines, "tell me a story / about the sweet grass you planted" (34-35). Here, the speaker seeks comfort and solace so as to leave her field of desire.