http://perldoc.perl.org/perlmod.html
Section "Perl Modules"

"For example, to start a traditional, non-OO module called Some::Module, create a file called Some/Module.pm and start with this template:"

The only difference I can see there is that they use "Some::Module", but I don't have "pm::Xyz" even though the module is in the pm directory.

And there we go.

Once I had all the directory :: name instead of relying on simply name, it worked...

If by "strictures" you mean use strict;, yeah, have that (that's default behavior around my house).
Thanks for your time!

rip