#!/usr/bin/perl --
use strict;
use warnings;
use XML::LibXML 1.70; ## for load_html/load_xml/location
use Data::Dump;
my $xml=q{<ROOT_TAG>
     <CHILD1>ABC</CHILD1>
     <CHILD2>KJLK</CHILD2>
     <CHILD3>NLLKJ</CHILD3>
</ROOT_TAG>};

my $dom = XML::LibXML->new( qw/ recover 2 / )->load_xml(
string => $xml );

my @nodeboks;
for my $kid ( $dom->findnodes(q{  //ROOT_TAG/*  } ) ){
    print $kid->nodePath, "\n";
    push @nodeboks, { $kid->tagName => [ $kid->textContent ], };
}
dd\@nodeboks;

__END__
/ROOT_TAG/CHILD1
/ROOT_TAG/CHILD2
/ROOT_TAG/CHILD3
[
  { CHILD1 => ["ABC"] },
  { CHILD2 => ["KJLK"] },
  { CHILD3 => ["NLLKJ"] },
]