Basically , you're not using the right method "get", and variable scoping (what choroba said, closures don't work for globals). Compare your program to this (the commented lines are equivalent in effect)

I avoid closures by using references 

#!/usr/bin/perl --
use strict;
use warnings;
use Tk;
use Data::Dump qw/ dd /; 

Main( @ARGV );
exit( 0 );

sub Main {
    GoTk();
    GoTk();
}

sub GoTk {
    my $mw = tkinit( -title => "Frame delete test" );
    my @mycolors = qw(red green blue violet yellow black);
    my @username_refs;
    for my $ix ( 0 .. 5 ) {
        my $username = "";
        my $frame    = $mw->Frame(
            -borderwidth => 10,
            -relief      => 'groove',
            -background  => $mycolors[$ix],
        )->pack;
        my $lbl = $frame->Label( -text => "Enter username: " )->pack;
        my $ent = $frame->Entry( -textvariable => \$username )->pack;
        my $btn = $frame->Button(
            -text    => "Delete frame # " . $ix,
#~             -command => [ $frame, 'destroy' ]
            -command => \&delete_parent_frame
        )->pack;
        
        push @username_refs, \$username;
    }
    my $exit = $mw -> Button(
        -text => "Exit",
        -command => [ $mw, 'destroy' ],
    )-> pack;
    
    $mw->$_ for qw/ withdraw deiconify raise focusForce update /;
    MainLoop;
    
#~     print map { "You entered $$_\n" } @username_refs;
    dd\@username_refs;
} ## end sub GoTk

sub delete_parent_frame {
    my $button = $Tk::event->W;
    my $frame  = $button->parent;

#~     my $text   = ( $frame->children  )[1];
#~     my $text   = ( grep { $_->isa('Tk::Entry') } $frame->children  
+)[0];
    my( $text ) = grep { $_->isa( 'Tk::Entry' ) } $frame->children;
#~     my $textvar = $text->cget( '-text' ); ## WEIRD!
    my $textvar = $text->cget( '-textvariable' );
    print "You entered $textvar : $$textvar\n";
    my $textstr = $text->get;
    print "You did entered $textstr\n";
    $frame->destroy;
    return;
} ## end sub delete_parent_frame

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Read the tutorials in links in readmore in Re: Entry Edit Refresh (nested subs and closures)

Also, Hi, perlmonks has threaded discussions :) so click the reply link of the node you wish to reply to -- otherwise you're talking to yourself :) which coincidentally is a pretty good debugging technique :) 1 / 2

In reply to Re^5: Multiple frames by Anonymous Monk
in thread Multiple frames by delmejo

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