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Blue poet swaps love for anger (8)

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I believe the answer is:

sapphire

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'blue' is the definition.
(I know that sapphire is a type of blue)

'poet swaps love for anger' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'anger' could be 'ire' (ire is intense rage) and 'ire' is found within the answer.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

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(Other definitions for sapphire that I've seen before include "Deep blue colour" , "Deep blue - precious stone" , "Corundum gemstone" , "His paper can be made into a jewel" , "sparkler" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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