This is my first time working with a database and I was wondering if anyone would help me get on the right track. Below is my attempt and as you can probably see nothing works. Can anyone point me in the right direction?

#!/usr/bin/perl -w

use strict;
use warnings;
use Mysql;
use CGI qw/:standard/;
my $query = CGI->new;
my %form = $query->Vars;
my $entries = "entries.txt";

my $dbh = Mysql->connect($poemDB, sulfericacid, ----);

$dbh->selectdb($poemDB);

print "Database content\: $dbh";

my $rc = $dbh->shutdown();


if ($form{'poemtitle'} && $form{'poemsub'}) {
open (ENTRIES, ">> $entries") or die "Cannot open $entries";
print ENTRIES "$form{'poemtitle'}\n";
print ENTRIES "$form{'poemsub'}\n";
close (ENTRIES);

print header(),
start_html('Success'),
"Your poem entitled <b>$form{'poemtitle'}</b> has been added\n",
end_html();
}
else {
        print header(),
        start_html('Poetry Submissions'),
       
#########
   
        start_form,
        "Submission Title",textfield('poemtitle'),p,
    "Submission",textarea(-name=>'poemsub',
                  -rows=>10,
                  -columns=>50),
        submit,
        end_form,
        hr,
end_html();
}

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