Dark nights of the Soul, Brian Bilston, JH Prynne, Daljit Nagra, William Blake and Martha Sprackland

Can poetry help us through 'the dark night of the soul'? Ian McMillan finds out with poet and translator Martha Sprackland. And is our 'dark night' anything like the one that St John of the Cross explored in the 16th century?

Ian finds out how to write a poem from internet poetry sensation Brian Bilston - he asks Daljit Nagra why the words of William Blake took him towards a life in poetry (something Daljit explores in his brand new collection), and Ian also hears about the remarkable poetry of JH Prynne from Ira Lightman.