See Also: CLARITY, OBVIOUSNESS, PROTRUSION

1. Conspicuous, like giraffes —Karl Shapiro
2. (A trail as) faint as a whisp —Edward Hoagland
3. (The writing was as) faint as sparrow tracks in sand —Will Weaver
4. Hidden from view, like undeveloped negatives —Anon
5. Hide … as a boat finds a cove until the storm passes —Mary Lee Settle
6. Hiding like tumors —Charles Johnson
7. Imperceptible as a spring breeze —Susan Richards Shreve
8. Imperceptible as grief —Emily Dickinson

   This is both the title and the first line of a poem.

9. Invisible as a city sparrow —Marge Piercy
10. Invisible as the web in a spider’s belly —Marge Piercy
11. Invisible, like a bad odor —Stephen Longstreet
12. Just out of sight like stars in the noon sky —John Farris
13. Lurking beneath the surface like a nest of snakes —Anon article on drugs as the X factor in National Football League violence, New York Times, November 30, 1986
14. Noticeable as a fart in a hail storm —American colloquialism
15. Prominent as a fried egg stain on the front of a full dress vest —Arthur Baer
16. Protrude like hairs from an old man’s nose —F. D. Reeve
17. (The scene in front of him remained) unclear, like a painting so encrusted with dirt and varnish its depths refuse the investigating eye —Clive Barker
18. Unnoticeable as a pore —Karl Shapiro
19. Unobtrusive as a thief —Paul Theroux
20. Unseen like our shadows —Margaret Atwood
21. Visible … like a goldfish in a bowl —Cornell Woolrich