Winter's Protection

[heslopian]

The snow's soft blankets
gives warmth, life it protects; "Blankets" is plural, so "gives" should be singular. Also, "life it protects" sounds Yoda-ish ("strong in this one, is the force"). "Protect [singular again] life" would be more succinct.
anticipating

The winter blankets
gives warmth, life it protects;
welcomes its newest

The winter blankets
gives warmth, life it protects;
anticipating

The latter two stanzas are unnecessary and a bit annoying, to be honest, because their reshuffling of S1's words adds no new meanings or aritifices. Otherwise, S1 is a somewhat effective haiku.