use warnings; use strict; use 5.010;
use XML::Twig;
sub html_text {
        my($el) = @_;
        my $r = "";
        for my $n ($el->descendants_or_self) {
                if ($n->is_text) {
                        $r .= $n->trimmed_text;
                } elsif ("br" eq $n->gi) {
                        $r .= "\n";
                }
        }
        $r;
}
my $tw = XML::Twig->new;
$tw->parse_html(q(<p>The Cow Jumped<br>Over the Moon</p>));
say html_text($tw->root);