pyres

Two ashtrays, one on each end of the table, form twin pyres of your wife Muff’s lipsticked butts.

Excerpt: The Father of All Things by Tom Bissell 2007

So was suttee, the tradition in India of widows throwing themselves on their husbands' funeral pyres.

Patricia Yarberry Allen: 'Desert Flower' A Must-See Film About a Must-Change Custom Patricia Yarberry Allen 2011

Logan stepped away from the pyres, war hammer ready in his hand.

GuildWars Edge of Destiny J. Robert King 2011

“Which is a bad idea since the smell of blood is drawing predators from miles around,” she continued, “and those pyres are like beacons to bring the ogres.”

GuildWars Edge of Destiny J. Robert King 2011

Rytlock stared at the dead ogres lying between the pyres.

GuildWars Edge of Destiny J. Robert King 2011

So was suttee, the tradition in India of widows throwing themselves on their husbands' funeral pyres.

Patricia Yarberry Allen: 'Desert Flower' A Must-See Film About a Must-Change Custom Patricia Yarberry Allen 2011

Followers of Shiva, whose aspects include both destroyer and preserver, use ash from funeral pyres, symbolic of the naked self.

When a Holy Man's Skin Is the Canvas 2011

So was suttee, the tradition in India of widows throwing themselves on their husbands' funeral pyres.

Patricia Yarberry Allen: 'Desert Flower' A Must-See Film About a Must-Change Custom Patricia Yarberry Allen 2011

All colors suggest the flowermeat of us, the shy stumble mingle, the buzz of better news, the muse in me mirroring the muse in you in moonmelt dance, that hot wet rhythm which defies the tiny glowing pyres surrounding us like Rio Puerco stars.

Astral Hymn Misti Rainwater-Lites 2011

So was suttee, the tradition in India of widows throwing themselves on their husbands' funeral pyres.

Patricia Yarberry Allen: 'Desert Flower' A Must-See Film About a Must-Change Custom Patricia Yarberry Allen 2011