How about:

use CGI qq(:standard);

print qq{
<sometag>
@{[textfield(-name=>'cgifield',-size=>'20')]}
<sometag>
};
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(This prints:
<sometag>
<input type="text" name="cgifield" size="20" />
<sometag>

Admittedly, it is still a bit cumbersome...
chas
(I'm a little confused about why the /> instead of >. The code by the hok si la also produces the same thing...) (Updated to fix typos, errors and formatting.)