expanding on the anonymous subroutine: you'd need something similar to this:

my @list = qw(some random values);
my $text = "bla bla bla";
my $command = sub {
   $d->checklist( text => $text, list => \@list );
};
my @returnlist = $command->();
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In this example $command is a closure - it "captures" the $text and @list variables. Depending on your problem that might or might not be the most elegant solution - without any context, it looks like you could also make a "normal" subroutine and pass those variables to it. YMMV.