The Winding Stair Poet is the Irish poet William Butler Yeats (W.B. Yeats). He was a Nobel Prize-winning poet and playwright who wrote about topics such as love, politics, and Irish nationalism. He was a major figure in the Irish Literary Revival and was one of the foremost figures of 20th-century literature. His works include 'The Lake Isle of Innisfree, ' 'The Second Coming, ' and 'Sailing to Byzantium.'